Channel 5 Hunted & Confronted: The NAFD’s five step guide to buying a funeral plan
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 of her needs, the NAFD would like to draw attention to its Five…
Is the UK ready for open funeral pyres?
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 long as they met a strict set of…
Celebrating female funeral directors on International Women’s Day
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 the world, who are caring for families and those they’ve lost, day-in-day-out. Once…
We’re recruiting for a Standards and Quality Manager, North of England & Northern Ireland (field-based)
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 covering the north of England and Northern Ireland. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer…