A place beyond goodbye
A palm-sized emblem for a headstone, an urn, a bench or a shelf at home. Scan it with a phone and their memorial opens: their story, photographs and the memories other people share.
A silent film of about 30 seconds. An A Legacy Beyond emblem is fixed to a headstone, and a phone on a stand on a garden bench scans one. The words on screen read: their memorial opens; their story, chapter by chapter; their photographs and films; memories from the people who loved them; light a candle when you visit. The phone shows a real memorial, Harry Wren's, shared with his family's blessing: his portrait and dates, his story in chapters, his photographs and the memories people have left. A candle is lit. Then a visitor writes a memory without an account, the family reads it first, and it appears on the memorial.
A silent film of 58 seconds with words on screen. Step 1: choose the emblem and memorial, or the memorial on its own, and pay once, shown on the buy page. Step 2: start their memorial straight away by adding their name and dates, a few words about them and a photograph. Step 3: invite family to help by email. Step 4: the emblem arrives by Royal Mail, tracked, in its presentation box with an adhesive pad; a phone scans it and it is connected to the memorial. Step 5: anyone who scans it can open the memorial, and a private memorial asks for its four-digit PIN. A visitor writes a memory, the family approves it, and it appears on the memorial. The example in the film is Harry Wren's memorial, shared with his family's blessing.
Choose the emblem and memorial, or the memorial on its own, and pay once. You can start their memorial straight away, before the emblem arrives. Adding their name, dates, a photograph and a few words can all be ready in under ten minutes.
Invite family by email to add photographs and films, build their story and approve the memories people share. You can invite as many people as you like.
The emblem comes by Royal Mail, tracked, with an adhesive pad to fix it. Scan it once with your phone camera to connect it to the memorial. After that, anyone who scans it can open the memorial, though a private one asks for its PIN first. Visitors can share a memory, and it appears once you approve it.
Families usually pay for a funeral in one go, so you pay for this once too. A monthly fee for a memorial didn’t feel right to us. Prices include VAT, and UK delivery is free.
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A memorial can have as many emblems as you like, perhaps one on the headstone and one at home. Each one opens the same memorial. Buying the emblem and memorial together costs £4.99 less than buying them separately.
We never delete a memorial. Only the family can choose to delete it.
It is always free to visit, with no adverts.
You can download every photo, film and recording at any time. It's yours.
You can add to it for ten years. After that it stays online as it is, and the emblem keeps working.
Scan the emblem and their memorial opens. Their story, photographs, films and voice recordings sit in one place, with the memories other people share.
The first page
The story, in chapters
Photographs and film
Memories from others
These pages are from Harry Wren’s memorial, shared with his family’s blessing.
Harry and Mike
A Legacy Beyond started with my little brother, Harry.
Harry was 23 when he died. He was my baby brother, my best mate, and someone I never imagined I’d have to live without.
After losing him, I found myself constantly asking his friends and our family for things I hadn’t seen before. Photos sitting on someone’s phone. Videos I’d never seen. Old voice notes. Stories I hadn’t heard.
I just wanted one place where we could bring them all together.
I looked at the memorials that already existed, but nothing I found felt right for Harry. So I started making my own.
A Legacy Beyond was born from his nickname, Albs — A.L.B.
And although Harry is the reason it exists, I hope it can now give other families what I was searching for after I lost him.
Would I accept this for Harry? If the answer is no, it isn’t good enough.
The emblem
A black rounded square with a white QR code etched into it, and alegacybeyond.com beneath it. It arrives in a black presentation box with the gold mark.
Fits in the palm of your hand
Etched anodised aluminium, made to stand up to UK weather
Fixes in place with an adhesive pad
Scan it with your phone camera. There is no app to download.
One memorial can have as many emblems as you like
If you can send a photograph to a family member, you can do this. Stop whenever you need to and come back another day. If you get stuck, write to info@alegacybeyond.com. A real person replies within one working day.
Begin their memorialYou can start their memorial as soon as you have paid, before the emblem arrives.
