Webinar: The importance of adding death, dying and bereavement to the National Curriculum Join the webinar presented by NAFD President John Adams to discuss why adding content on death, dying and bereavement onto the national curriculum can help future generations and our nation’s overall relationship with grief and loss. You can register to join the…
Petition: Add content on death, dying and bereavement to the national curriculum NAFD President John Adams has started, and is leading, a campaign to add bereavement to the national curriculum. Schools should be required to provide age-appropriate education to help children understand death as a part of life, as part of compulsory Relationships education. On…
Buried in a hanging coffin – the tradition of the Igorot tribe The Cordillera Central Mountains, in the north of the Philippines, are home to the secluded village of Sagada, nestled far from the country’s capital of Manila. Tourists do make the eight-hour pilgrimage to this part of the world to partake in many leisure…
The overwhelming response to the Queen’s death has shone an important spotlight on the role of collective grief and the importance of confronting the reality of death. One of the most important roles a funeral service plays is the coming together of a community to pay respects, show support to the grieving family and say…
Sustainability: hearing aid and metals recycling When Zoe Fawcett-Eustace began to lose her hearing at 14 years of age she was initially supplied with NHS hearing aids and then, as a relatively young adult, she invested in a pair of private ones. On upgrading her private ones, a few years ago, she asked what to…
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…
