Nigel began his funeral career in 1983 when he commenced employment with Co-operative funeral care. He rose from bearer to embalmer to qualified Funeral Director in 1999 when he gained his Diploma in Funeral Directing. Nigel has always valued the training and experience he gained at the company but over the years he developed a desire to provide a much more personal and traditional service for bereaved families. In June 2006 he left the company and along with his wife Nicola acquired their first premises in Scawthorpe. Nigel worked hard to establish himself within the local community, eventually expanding the business in 2011 when he acquired his second premises on St Martin’s Avenue off York Road, where he now resides with his family. It was a sad but proud day when Nigel and Nicola decided to close the Scawthorpe chapel of rest, the premises where it all first began. They made the decision in April 2019 to close this chapel of rest as families in that local community were already opting to use the York Road chapel of rest. This coincided with the opening of the Balby funeral home. Having a second funeral home at the other side of " The Don" would benefit the community of Doncaster as a whole.  The public clocks, clearly visible above both premises doors, summarises a message to their customers; “Goodwin’s Caring 24 hour Service”