In today’s Sun Life Cost of Dying Report, which covers the 2023 calendar year, the report notes that funeral costs have only returned to pre-pandemic levels in the last twelve months, with the average cost of funeral arrangements increasing by 4.7% over 2022. It’s worth noting that this is significantly lower than the predicted 7.5%…
The NAFD is pleased to report that the Belgian industrial entrepreneur Guido Dumarey has successfully completed the acquisition of Coleman Milne’s parent company Woodall Nicholson. Mr Dumarey has confirmed that he intends to seamlessly integrate all of Woodall Nicholson’s businesses into “new companies consolidated under the umbrella of Woodall Nicholson, a new holding reflecting the…
The Scottish Government has today launched public consultations into important matters affecting the future of the funeral profession. The consultation papers cover: Alkaline hydrolysis Burial Inspection of the funeral sector Licensing of funeral directors In the Scottish Government’s announcement, NAFD Scotland President Mark Shaw welcomed the consultations, saying: “These new regulations, designed to support the…
New policy report recommends all children in England should receive grief education at school As part of an ongoing collaboration between the University of Bristol, Child Bereavement UK and Childhood Bereavement Network, a new policy report has been published which demonstrates the need to integrate grief education into the statutory curriculum in England, consolidating decades…
The NAFD’s campaign to add proactive teaching about loss and bereavement in schools, led by NAFD President John Adams, took another huge step forward in March when the Government responded to the now 11,000-signature strong petition confirming that the Department for Education will “will assess whether content on bereavement is needed” when it reviews statutory…
Bereavement Benefits in the UK are expected to soon change to ensure co-habiting parents of dependent children who are not married or in a civil partnership are entitled to the same support as those who are married, if one of them should die. In addition, some bereaved people will be eligible for backdated payments if…
