Ballina

Meet Guardian Funerals Ballina

Guardian Funerals has many decades of experience with many Guardian funeral homes having served their local communities since the 1940s, even as early as 1896 in the Ballina region.

Our compassionate funeral directors at Guardian Funerals in Ballina can help you arrange a memorable funeral service to celebrate and honour your loved one’s life. We will work closely with you during the days following their passing, providing gentle guidance when you need it most. We have extensive experience in helping families from all cultural and religious backgrounds. It’s the personal touches which makes every funeral authentic to the memory of the life lost. Our funeral directors have shared some of their stories of how families have honoured their loved ones in the Book of Life so that you can draw inspiration for your own arrangements. Ask us how we can help you create a personalised funeral for your loved one.

From our ideal location in the beautiful coastal town of Ballina, surrounded by The Pacific and the green hills of the hinterland, Guardian Funerals proudly provides funeral services to residents of Ballina, Alstonville, Lennox Head, Byron Bay and surrounding suburbs.

We are proud to share our facilities with White Lady Funerals Ballina.

Funeral services in Ballina

Guardian Funerals can help arrange any type of funeral to farewell a loved one. Your options for a funeral service include:

• Our beautifully renovated chapel at Guardian Funerals Ballina
• A local church:
  • Ballina Westside Community Church 
  • Ballina Seventh-day Adventist Church
  • Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
  • C3 Church Ballina, Ballina Baptist Church
  • Ballina Uniting Church
  • Ballina Presbyterian Church
  • St Francis Xavier Church
  • Seacoast Church
  • St Mary's Anglican Church
• Another destination in the local area, such as a park or private residence

Following the ceremony, your loved one can be buried, cremated or memorialised within the grounds of East Ballina Cemetery, Alstonville Cemetery, Wardell Cemetery, Rous Cemetery or Tintenbar Cemetery, which are all less than 15 minutes from our funeral home.

Facilities at our Ballina funeral home

Guardian Funerals in Ballina has been recently refurbished and it is a calming, quiet space for you to come and plan your funeral. Our funeral home facilities include:

• A chapel that seats 120 people with additional standing room for 100 people
• An arrangement room where you can meet with your funeral director to arrange the funeral
• The latest audio-visual equipment is available so you can play music and show photos or videos that celebrate your loved one. We can also record and live stream services - ask us about this today.
• A reflection lounge for after funeral catering is a calm space available with tables and chairs allowing family and friends to reflect and remember the loved one
• Funeral webcasting is available at our funeral home where the funeral service is live-streamed and recorded for family members and friends to be part of the service if they are unable to attend in person
• Our funeral home is also accessible for visitors in wheelchairs and with other mobility aids

There is parking available for 20 cars in the funeral home car park with additional parking available on both Rainbow Avenue and Kalinga Street near our location. 

Our people

The team at Guardian Funerals Ballina are with you every step of the way, keeping you informed and guiding you through the arrangements as much or as little as you need.

Meet Scott Veivers, Guardian Funerals Ballina location manager.

What do you enjoy about your job?
The interaction and support that we are able to provide to families in their hour of need. To be able to honour one person's life in the way that they would have wanted.

How long have you been location manager?
I have been the Location Manager at Guardian Funerals Ballina since 2017.

What do you enjoy in your spare time?
Spending time with my family, boating, motorbike riding and caravanning.

Are there any special community groups you work with or support?
The Northern Rivers Suicide Prevention Group and Death Café Groups.