14% of GB adults surveyed by YouGov said that nothing would prompt them to think about their own funeral NAFD publishes five-step funeral wishes guide to make planning your exit easier A new survey of GB adults by polling company YouGov, Funerals Matter, released to coincide with Dying Matters Week 2016, has found that, even…
Yesterday (3 May) Mark Pawsey MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement (APPG), secured parliamentary time to debate the persistent and growing delays between death and burial or cremation. This follows publication of the Group’s report into funeral delays in March this year. In the report, the APPG reported on fourteen…
The National Association of Funeral Directors is today meeting with DWP Minister Baroness Altmann, as part of an industry round table looking at the recommendations of the recent Work and Pensions Select Committee Report into bereavement benefits. NAFD Vice President Jeremy Field will be pushing for a long overdue increase in the £700 cap on…
The National Association of Funeral Directors has welcomed long-overdue recommendations, by the Work and Pensions Select Committee, to address the arcane bereavement benefits system in the UK, but has called into question highly inflammatory and unsubstantiated remarks about funeral directors made in the report. Having campaigned for many years for a review of the Social…
Competitive salary + Company car + benefits A fantastic opportunity to work with the membership to shape the future direction of one of the UK’s oldest and most respected trade associations and play a leading role in society’s changing views and needs at the end of life. The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) is…
Businesses are set to benefit from continued freeze in fuel duty, a cut in corporation tax and reforms to business rates. Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his eight budget to Parliament – the fourth in twelve months – and has packed it with pleasant surprises for smaller businesses. In his opening comments the Chancellor was cautiously…
