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…
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…
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…
With green being the new black, and funeral director firms across the United Kingdom looking for ways to offset their carbon footprint, plenty of focus has been on funeral vehicles and the move away from petrol and diesel limousines and hearses. News feeds are increasingly populated with firms announcing the arrival of electric or hybrid…
