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 funeral in any way, the same figure as…
1 August, 2018Normalise talking about death – don’t trivialise it By David Barrington, NAFD Vice President It’s vitally important to encourage people to talk about the end of life and sometimes the unexpected does help to unlock conversation. The NAFD has campaigned for years to encourage people to think about and put plans in place…
To support the submissions it is making on behalf of members to the Competition & Markets Authority, the NAFD has undertaken a comparison of the number of employee hours it takes to arrange a straightforward traditional funeral today, compared to a decade ago. The results are based on contributions from small independent or family firms,…
