We have announced our partnership packages for this years NAFD Diploma Awards. This annual event brings together students their families, employers and the NAFD tutors and NAFD examiners to celebrate and recognise the achievements of the students who have sat their Diploma in Funeral Directing or the Diploma in Funeral Arranging and Administration. Join us…
Online tribute and charitable donation services see strong post-pandemic growth Charities that faced a huge reduction in income during lockdowns relied on income from donations from funerals, which increased as people were unable to spend on other traditional ways of tributes, such as flowers, due to restrictions. Families, unable to meet or hold wakes, relied…
Share your views on direct cremation and funeral plan regulation The NAFD is working with Funeral Solution Expert and Trajectory Partnership to undertake research into two key topics affecting funeral directors: funeral plan regulation and the impact on the funerals market of direct cremation-only providers. The outcome of the research will be provided back…
NAFD seeks urgent clarification The NAFD is seeking urgent clarification from civil servants and Ministers in Northern Ireland over whether the September deadline for the cessation of electronic transfer of documents for death registration can be extended again or, even better, the process can somehow be made permanent. Introduced during the pandemic, the system has…
NAFD webinar highlights key questions Over the summer, the NAFD brought together members from across Wales with the National Medical Examiner for Wales, Dr Jason Shannon, National Medical Examiner Officers Daisy Shale and Melanie Moore for a webinar, which included an update on the rollout of the medical examiner scheme in Wales and a question…
With pathology problems and issues with registration services affecting bereaved families and causing delays to funeral services in Scotland, the NAFD organised a meeting with Health Improvement Scotland, the NHS, National Records of Scotland (NRS) and the Scottish Government to try and find solutions. Issues reported include staff shortages and a backlog of marriages, postponed…
