Monthly Archives: September 2019
What do the public think of crematoria?
Scattering Ashes ran two surveys in consecutive years asking the public what they thought of crematoria and presented these...
Prospective new member in Glasgow
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Rutherglen, Glasgow Please log onto...
Prospective new member in Leicestershire
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Ashy-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Please log onto...
Prospective new member in Gloucestershire
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Saul, Gloucestershire Please log onto...
“The ashes aren’t genuine”
SAIF Member A H Freemantle recently wrote an article for The Portsmouth News dispelling myths about the funeral profession....
SAIF praises groundbreaking report on funerals
SAIF has welcomed the findings of a new national study into funerals which has revealed five significant factors important...
The Lost Hours – a walk to remember those lost by suicide
The Lost Hours walk in London is the first event to be organised by CALM, the Campaign Against Living...
Bookings open for SAIF AGM Weekend 2020
Next year’s AGM Banquet Weekend will take place at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow from 13th to 15th...
Save time at SAIF’s meeting in Tunbridge Wells – 2nd October
Need to keep up to date with issues affecting the way you run your funeral business? Save time trying...
Prospective new member in Swansea.
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Morriston, Swansea. Please log onto...
SAIF Member’s Bereavement Group celebrates 10th anniversary
Crowborough based SAIF Member Tester & Jones celebrated the tenth anniversary of their Bereavement Group with an afternoon tea...
Scottish Government Code of Practice consultation closes 20/9
The Scottish Government’s consultation about their draft Code of Practice for funeral directors will end on 20th September. SAIF...
New Channel 4 series allows people to speak from ‘beyond the grave’
Channel 4 has commissioned Naked TV to produce Ghost, a profoundly moving, revelatory and ultimately uplifting television first. Ghost is a 3...
Prospective new member in Buckinghamshire
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Buckinghamshire Please log onto the...
Wales Wellbeing Conference
The Wales Bereavement & Mental Wellbeing Conference returns on 27th November, this time on a much larger scale. This...
Medical examiner update
A new medical examiner system is being rolled out across England and Wales to provide greater scrutiny of deaths,...
Prospective new member in Co. Durham
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Co.Durham Please log onto the...
Prospective new Member in Durham
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Durham Please log onto the...
Prospective new Member in Antrim
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Antrim Please log onto the...
Welcome to new SAIF Associate Member: Mear’s Repatriation
Drawing on four generations of funeral directing and 25 years of repatriation experience, Mears Repatriation has created a flexible...
Back to school for funeral staff too
With the children returning to school, it’s a great time to focus on your own formal training and that...
Prospective new member in Midlothian and associate member in Leicestershire
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Gorebridge, Midlothian and an associate...
Find answers to funeral profession questions at SAIF’s Essex meeting
Need to keep up to date with issues affecting the way you run your funeral business? Save time trying...
Prospective new full member in South Yorkshire
SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Sheffield, South Yorkshire Please log...
New report on hospital deaths 2006 to 2017
The National End of Life Intelligence Network has released a new report, entitled Palliative and end of life care:...
Prospective Member in Cheshire
SAIF has received applications from a prospective member who has offices in Congleton, Cheshire. Please log onto the members...
SAIF Education Day
If you’re a regular attendee at our October Education Day, you may be looking for this year’s date. Instead...
SAIF Member webinar 11th September – Support for Suicide Bereavement
SAIF welcomes back Sarah Bates of The Support After Suicide Partnership to provide an update webinar at 1pm on...
Prospective Members in Devon, Co Armagh and North Yorkshire
SAIF has received applications from prospective members who have offices in Dartmouth, Devon, Markethill, Co Armagh and Leyburn, North...