Jenny Briscoe-Hough
Community centre manager and founder of Tender Funerals, a not-for-profit funeral service that helps families reclaim care of their dead and has inspired a national natural death care movement.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 49min
Encore: How Jenny upended the Australian way of death
Jenny Briscoe-Hough, community centre manager who founded Tender Funerals, shares how a shocking funeral bill and community action led to Australia’s first not-for-profit funeral service. She talks about reclaiming care of the dead, grassroots fundraising to buy a fire station, practical legalities of home and community-led funerals, and how hands-on rituals change grieving.
