Members of the National Association of Funeral Directors, across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have given their backing to tighter regulation of the funeral profession that will help them demonstrate the high quality and standards of care they offer to bereaved...
With effect from 16 February 2019, the issue of all death registration certificates, by the General Register Office (GRO), in England and Wales will incur a new fee of £11, regardless of when the registration took place. This replaces the previous fees of £4, £7...
In December, the NAFD met with the Competition and Markets Authority to discuss publication of the CMA’s interim report and its consultation on the launch of a full market investigation. The NAFD reiterated in the meeting that the Association and its members would...
The National Association of Funeral Directors has welcomed publication of the Competition and Markets Authority’s interim report this morning, following its initial study of the funeral sector. As a building block to understanding how funeral firms of all shapes and...
Visiting a deceased loved one in the chapel of rest can understandably be a distressing experience for some people. However it can also be comforting, and it is proven to be an important part of the grieving process. Even with refrigeration, the human body will begin...
The NAFD has welcomed the results of new research by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) highlighting that the overwhelming priority when choosing a funeral was to follow the wishes of the deceased person. Funeral directors were chosen on locality and previous...
Funeral plans can play an important role to play in terms of helping people to plan for and off-set the cost of their funeral, removing some of the uncertainty and distress for families by ensuring they know that they are arranging the funeral that their loved one...
The NAFD welcomes anything which helps the funeral profession to provide the best possible care for bereaved families. A new report, commissioned by Dignity, makes a useful contribution to the wider debate about how we make certain that all funeral directors can be...
Despite the frenzy led by some politicians over funeral poverty, the number of people unable to afford a funeral has not grown in two years, according to YouGov research. The new survey revealed that 12% of people surveyed said they had no means of paying for a...
Following the written statement today (11 June 2018) by Lord O’Shaughnessy, Minister at the Department of Health, outlining the Government’s long-awaited response to the 2016 consultation into death certification procedures, Past President Nigel Lymn Rose...
The NAFD has welcomed the announcements, this morning, of a HM Treasury consultation regarding changes to the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans and a Competition & Markets Authority investigation into whether the information provided by funeral directors on...
Today (26 April 2018), the NAFD welcomed the second Fairer Finance report into how the sale of funeral plans should be regulated, having been involved in shaping its findings, and set out the Association’s preferred options for the future regulation of the sector. In...
The Scottish Parliament has signalled the first step to fairness, voting to introduce index-linked funeral payments, signalling a major step forward in the fight to help bereaved families. The NAFD, which has been campaigning strongly for the move at Holyrood and...
A new report, highlighted in today’s Daily Mail (How cheap funeral plans flogged online leave families facing a nasty bill), has highlighted concerns, shared by the National Association of Funeral Directors, about the pressure selling tactics of sales agents...
The NAFD has appointed Graham Lymn as interim Chief Executive Officer. Graham is a former NAFD National President, with six years’ experience serving on the Association’s Executive Committee and, prior to that, he served as President of the Funeral Standards Council...
Following the broadcast of tonight’s Hunted and Confronted programme on Channel 5, in which an independent funeral plan sales representative went ‘off script’ and appeared to put pressure on an elderly lady to buy a plan which might not have met all...
The battle to introduce open-air funeral pyres in the UK is heating up again after a council was challenged to provide a facility to meet the religious beliefs of local people. In 2010, the Court of Appeal ruled that open cremations were legal in England and Wales as...
It’s International Women’s Day (8 March 2018) and the National Association of Funeral Directors would like to take this opportunity to recognise the dedication of thousands of female funeral directors and arrangers across the UK and our colleagues across the rest of...
c£30,000 per annum + company car. Full time The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD), which represents the interests of the funeral profession, has an opportunity for a dynamic individual to take on the crucial role of Standards and Quality Manager...
Have you secured your space yet? The National Funeral Exhibition 2019 (NFE) is still 15 months away, yet prime spots on the floorplan have already been secured by high profile exhibitors such as Wilcox, Lyn Oakes, JC Atkinson and many others. More than 40 major...
