Thursday 5 May to Sunday 8 May 2022 From Thursday 5 May to Sunday 8 May 2022, the NAFD’s Annual General Meeting and Conference, supported by principal sponsor Ecclesiastical, will head to Celtic Manor, in the beautiful Usk Valley, in Wales. Why not join NAFD President Kate Edwards to experience the hospitality of her homeland…
Funeral directors and their teams, across the UK, have played a vital role at the centre of the national response to COVID-19, caring for all those who have died and their bereaved families – often under extremely difficult circumstances. The NAFD is delighted that Past President Jeremy Field, of CPJ Field & Co, the UK’s…
The office of the Minister for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, Nichola Mallon, has responded to the NAFD’s call for the issue of funeral limousines to be exempted from the same licensing as taxi companies, which places funeral firms at a significant disadvantage, and became particularly evident during COVID-19. Funeral limousines are included in the Taxis…
Greg Stewart, an independent funeral director and piper, based in Glasgow, who became the first student to graduate from the NAFD’s new Funeral Service Operative (FSO) course, in September, has reflected on the positive changes that it has inspired in his business. The course, which has been designed and delivered in conjunction with the North…
The National Association of Funeral Directors champions the needs of its members, not only in ways that directly support the immediate prospects of their businesses – by offering financial, business and other benefits – but also by helping them to thrive in the longer term too – by campaigning on their behalf to policy makers,…
