For the second year running SEIB Insurance Brokers has joined forces with the National Association of Funeral Directors to celebrate the dedication that goes into being a funeral director. The winner of the SEIB and NAFD Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 will be announced at the SEIB Awards luncheon this summer. SEIB’s Deputy Chairman, Barry Fehler, said: “We…
Historically a male-dominated profession, funeral service certainly feels like it is a far more gender equal workplace today. But if we look past the perceptions, just how equal does funeral service feel to those working within it? As part of International Women’s Day, Funeral Director Monthly spoke to female funeral professionals from across the UK…
In October 2020, the NAFD launched an ambitious Five-Year Strategy covering 2022-2027. Called Focusing on the Future, it sets out bold and innovative plans for the Association to ensure it is well-equipped to support members through the myriad of issues facing the profession. Launched after extensive consultation with members and external stakeholders, Focusing on the Future is based…
Under the Articles of Association of the NAFD, Honorary Membership may be bestowed upon an individual and approval by members at General Meeting. Honorary membership of the NAFD is designed to recognise an individual’s sustained and outstanding voluntary contribution to the Association. Honorary members are presented with a certificate of Honorary Membership and an Honorary…
OneAwards, which delivers learning accreditation services on behalf of NOCN, one of the UK’s leading Awarding and Apprenticeship Assessment Organisations, has accredited twelve of the new DipFD learning units at Level 4 – which is equivalent to a Higher National Certificate. The accredited units are: Funeral Directing within a Commercial Environment Standards of Professional Practice…
In this morning’s (23 February 2022) story on BBC Breakfast about the forthcoming regulation of funeral plans, the Financial Conduct Authority highlighted the potential impact on consumers who have taken out funeral plans with plan providers that either do not become authorised to continue trading after July, or who choose to withdraw from the market…
