The NAFD’s one-day training workshops to support funeral professionals in achieving excellence in mortuary management and the care of deceased people offers targeted programmes for both FSOs, drivers and bearers and for funeral directors, mortuary managers and supervisors. Delivered online over six hours, by an experienced NHS pathologist trainer and an experienced NAFD funeral training…
NAFD Past President John Adams has achieved a significant breakthrough in his campaign to include bereavement education in the National Curriculum. The UK Parliament’s Petitions Committee re-selected his petition for a future debate on Monday 2 December at 4.30pm after it was initially postponed due to the general election. The petition, which secured more than 11,000…
Landing on desks, doormats and inboxes this week, November’s FDM includes a special feature on regulation in Scotland, looking at practical application of the Code, resources and support in place from the NAFD, free access to CPD and all the contacts members might need to help them get regulation-ready from NAFD Scotland.
During the National Funeral Directors Association convention in New Orleans in October, NAFD President Jenny Gilbert-Trigg and NAFD CEO Andrew Judd were delighted to accept an award from outgoing NFDA President Dutch Nie II recognising the NAFD’s 120th anniversary. We would like to thank the NFDA for this beautiful award; we value the special and…
The NAFD Northern Ireland Executive is continuing to meet local authorities into issues relating to burial procedures. Following a response from the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, which was felt not to have addressed the concerns of the Association, NAFD president is setting up a meeting with…
Today (15 October 2024), the Independent Inquiry into the Crimes of David Fuller published an interim report into its phase II investigation into care of deceased people in non-hospital settings, including funeral homes. In the report, it has called for the statutory regulation of funeral directors. Sir Jonathan Michael, Chair of the Inquiry, said: “I…
