Can we no longer hold a wake?

[Afternooninthepark]

My MIL’s funeral is next Friday there will be 30 of us (close family only) going to the funeral as this is obviously the maximum number allowed. We were all planning on going back to my in-laws for the wake (hopefully, weather permitting, in their garden and socially distancing) but I’m not sure if this will now be classed as illegal?
I can’t find anything in the government website regarding funeral wakes other than info before yesterday’s announcement which stated 30 was permitted.
Does anyone know if this is still ok?

My understanding would be no, if it's in your garden it can't be more than 6 people. I think funeral rules are more for the actual service/funeral itself than a wake?

Sorry for your loss

Thanks, this is my fear. This will be so upsetting for everyone.

I think that this would be considered too "social" (presume standing round in small multi-family groups with drink in hand and reminiscing) to be possible now. I know it sounds crass, but could any of those attending join you for a drink online later in the evening, as a way of getting to chat together?

Otherwise, it's a maximum of 6, even in the garden. Sorry.

There’s going to be another announcement this afternoon, I think the pm is going to give an update on what will be allowed or not. Sorry for your loss, we lost FIL late February with funeral on the day when it was announced that over 70’s should isolate. We had sandwiches all week as we catered for 40 and only 25 came back to the house.

You can still go for a meal? Separate tables of course but could you consider hiring a bit of a pub or something?

It’s my Granny’s funeral next week & sadly the crem have said a max of 10 as it’s too small for anymore 😢 but 18 family members are going for a meal afterwards. We are essentially taking up a whole pub. Each family group will be on a different table. My parents & uncle on one (in their bubble), us on another, uncle & aunt on another. Cousins & their families on others. All within the rules.. it’s not ideal but the pub have been fantastic & are allowing us to put up a memory board of photos and said so long as we wear masks, we can stand 2m apart at the board to chat etc.

So sorry for your loss.

So sorry for your losses too .
We are going to have to rethink this. Maybe a pub with separate tables may be the answer. Oh dear, it’s horrid losing a loved one at any time but this just makes it all so much worse.
Hopefully more info will be released later. Just hope we will be able to stick to the 30 for the funeral.

I do wish there was a Like option for posts on here. @Bol87 's post is that wonderful mix of well timed empathy and practical suggestion that Mumsnet can do so well. I hope you find a solution that gets you your 30 attendees OP.