The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) is leading the way in supporting charities to recover lost funds through the launch of their ‘GiftAid 25 Campaign’. The NAFD estimates that each year more than £25 million in charitable donations are ‘lost’ due to inability by funeral directors to claim ‘Gift Aid’ – a 25% government…
New Medical Examiner’s fee unavoidable for bereaved families Only applicable in England and Wales. Equivalent fee in Scotland to be paid by the Scottish Government NAFD funeral directors have turned down financial incentives to collect the new fee The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD), which represents more than 3,700 UK funeral homes, has raised…
“What to do when someone dies” The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) has joined forces with probate advice service Simplify and the Bereavement Advice Centre to create a practical guide to support the bereaved, in the first few days and weeks after a death, entitled: “What to do when someone dies”. The free guide…
Dear Sir, Much has been made of the £10 million cost of Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. However, as the country’s longest-serving peacetime Prime Minister in modern times, it was an appropriate mark of respect and successive Governments were right to set aside the money to fund it, no matter how difficult our economic circumstances. However I…
The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and Lorely Burt MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Funerals and Bereavement Group (APPG) in Westminster, have successfully halted an attempt by Birmingham City Council to introduce a £20 charge for the release of bodies from Birmingham Central Mortuary and a £50 charge to funeral directors if they…
