MuchLoved was founded by Jon Davies after he sadly lost his mother and then his brother in quick succession in the 1990s. In Jon's own words;
"My brother’s death at the young age of 21 was in particular sudden, unexpected and overwhelming in shock. I was keen to create some sort of online memorial to him, a legacy that could show many of his happy years and make it easy for his school and university friends in particular to view, make contact and to maybe help develop by sending in pictures and thoughts of their own."
Jon couldn't find what he was looking for, and any solutions that were available were cost-prohibitive. This was when MuchLoved was born. Jon and two old friends began work on the technology needed to run the platform in 1999, and registered MuchLoved.com in 2000. It took six years of hard work and development before the platform would work as required, and finally in 2006 MuchLoved was registered as a charity in its own right, aiming to support bereaved people and raise funds for other good causes at the same time.
The principle behind MuchLoved is that we want as many people as possible to be able to benefit from the service, to help them cope with their own grief. We work with funeral partners and charities and social groups large and small, in our mission to achieve this aim.
Rather than working with one large charity or partner, the model that MuchLoved operates is to work with various partner organisations, so charities and funeral partners of all sizes can access the technology we offer. We update our service constantly, and try and innovate to make sure we can give our partners, and the people they support, the best possible service and support.
MuchLoved is itself a registered charity, and will celebrate its 15th year as such in 2021. We are a small but ambitious team, and love what we do. Over the last fourteen years we have helped to raise over £50 million for other good causes, and we hope to do even more in the years to come.
