A MEMORIAL post box which allows people to send ‘Letters to Heaven’ has been installed at a cemetery in Wooburn.

The post box has been installed at Wooburn Cemetery, after the success of the initiative at Gedling Crematorium in Nottingham.

The ‘Letters to Heaven’ initiative allows people to send letters to their loved ones who have passed away.

The initiative was the idea of nine-year-old Matilda, daughter of Gedling Crematorium’s Memorial Advisor, Leanne Handy.

Leanne said: “Now the post box is in place, I am so pleased that local people are using it, and taking some comfort from it, as another way of feeling connected to their loved ones.”

The idea has seen Matilda appear on television, including on the BBC One Show, and receive an invite to Number 10 Downing Street for an International Women’s Day reception. She was presented with a Point of Light award by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

It was such a success at the site in Nottingham, the Westerleigh Group, who have 37 sites across the UK, decided to introduce them at all its sites over the coming weeks and months.

Wooburn and Bourne End Parish Council wrote on social media: "We are pleased to have installed a very special white post box in the cemetery this week.

"Whether you wish to write to your loved one on the day of an important anniversary or have no specific reason for doing so, this is a dedicated place for posting your letter.

"Letters will be collected regularly, turned to pulp and mixed with wildflower seeds, then scattered around The Parish.

"We welcome anybody who would like to use it - this is not just for families who have graves to visit here."