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World Mental Health Day is 10th October

World Mental Health Day is an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of mental health issues and advocate against social stigma. The theme of this year’s event is suicide and suicide prevention. Every year close to 800,000 people globally take their own life and there are many more people who attempt suicide. Every suicide […]

SAIF best practice for dealing with GP practices

Many SAIF Members contact us about the challenges they face when approaching local GP practices for medical certification. In response, SAIF has created a best practice document to help members to create a workable solution for both parties. The priority of funeral directors must always be to preserve the dignity and respect of the deceased and sensitivities of their […]

Prospective new member in West Midlands

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Walsall, West Midlands Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new member in London

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in East Finchley, London. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new member in West Yorkshire

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in West Yorkshire and a branch in Tadcaster Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new member in Cleveland

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Cleveland Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Scam warning for SAIF Members

SAIF Member Brian Sharples & Son in Stockport are warning members about the ‘push payment’ fraud, of which they unfortunately became victims. In this type of fraud, the criminals target companies sending invoices to clients by email. They intercept the email communications and place malware into the computer which lies dormant until it recognises specific keywords relating […]

Prospective new member in Worcestershire

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Worcestershire and branches in Pershore, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire and Malvern Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new member in Doncaster

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Doncaster and branches in Goole and Howden Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

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 at the conferences of the Institute of Cemetery and Crematoria Management Conference and the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities. The surveys were revealing and shone a light on what the public not only expect from […]

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 members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new member in Glasgow

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Rutherglen, Glasgow Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

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 the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

“The ashes aren’t genuine”

SAIF Member A H Freemantle recently wrote an article for The Portsmouth News dispelling myths about the funeral profession. James Keen wrote, “At A H Freemantle we are often surprised by some of the misconceptions that people have about funerals and how to arrange them. I was once asked if funeral directors sign the Official […]

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 to bereaved people when arranging the send-off of a loved one. The research, a collaboration between Dr Julie Rugg from the University of York’s Cemetery Research Group and Dr Sarah Jones from SAIF member Full Circle […]

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 Miserably. They are leading a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK. “When it hurts we talk. When the clocks go back we walk. 11 pm […]

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 March. As usual, the weekend will include: Friday – Associate Members’ Lunch Friday – afternoon presentation Saturday – Annual General Meeting Saturday – SAIF’s NextGen Meeting Saturday – Banquet Sunday – Installation of Officers Click here […]

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 to keep up to date. Find answers to questions such as: What’s happening with the Competition & Markets Authority Report into the funeral profession? Will there be new regulations I’ll need to follow? How can I better support […]

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 at Barnsgate Manor. It was attended by Crowborough’s Mayor, Councillor Greg Rose, as well as more than 50 members of the group. The anniversary was marked with the planting of a red maple tree ‘Autumn Blaze’ […]

Prospective new member in Swansea.

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Morriston, Swansea. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

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 strongly encourages Members to take part in the consultation to voice the opinions of independent funeral directors. To take part: 1. Please first read the Code 2. Answer the consultation questions here The consultation will run until 20th September […]

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 x 60 minute series that captures the journey of six terminally ill people who create incredible experiences to comfort the loved ones they are leaving behind, which will be delivered after their death. Across the series […]

Prospective new member in Buckinghamshire

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Buckinghamshire Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Wales Wellbeing Conference

The Wales Bereavement & Mental Wellbeing Conference returns on 27th November, this time on a much larger scale. This year’s event will be held in Cardiff County Hall, Cardiff Bay, covering topics of bereavement and mental health and delving further into subjects such as the mental wellbeing of service providers. Organised by SAIF Member, White […]

Medical examiner update

A new medical examiner system is being rolled out across England and Wales to provide greater scrutiny of deaths, while also offering a point of contact for bereaved families to raise concerns about the care provided prior to the death of a loved one. Acute trusts in England and local health boards in Wales have been […]

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 members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new Member in Durham

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Durham Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new Member in Antrim

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Antrim Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

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 portfolio of trade services to enable UK funeral directors to serve their local community without having to invest large amounts of time learning the intricacies of global repatriation regulations and practices. Its multilingual team, led by […]

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 of your funeral staff. The IFD College runs courses for employees at all levels of the organisation, including: Health & Safety Foundation Funeral Practitioner Funeral Operative Funeral Administrator The Autumn/Winter Schedule for the IFD College has […]

Find answers to funeral profession questions at SAIF’s Essex meeting

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 member in Measham, Leicestershire Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

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: hospital deaths 2006 to 2017. The report states, “Approximately half a million people die in England each year. The total number of deaths in England has increased over the last 10 years, yet the number and […]

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 onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

SAIF Education Day

If you’re a regular attendee at our October Education Day, you may be looking for this year’s date. Instead of holding an autumn event, we are planning a summer Education Day on 17th June 2020 at the usual venue – Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club in Leicester. Watch this space for details.

Prospective Member in Cheshire

SAIF has received applications from a prospective member who has offices in Congleton, Cheshire. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

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 11th September. Sarah will present on the development of a Central Hub of resources, information, and support, which has been recently launched by SASP. Please take the time to review the hub before the webinar, as Sarah will be […]

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 Yorkshire. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

SAIF Members – are you exploiting social media?

Thanks to social media, we all have a platform to publish stories about our lives, businesses, our points of view and so on. Everyone who runs business should have a social media strategy. For funeral directors, there are two, maybe three, platforms that have the potential to help you attract more clients. These are Facebook, […]

SAIF’s NextGen Social Event, 20th September

The SAIFCharter AGM and 2019 Funeral Planner of the Year Awards are taking place on Saturday 21st September in London. SAIF’s NextGen would like to encourage members to attend. They are arranging a social event with a guest speaker followed by drinks for NextGen members on Friday 20th September at around 6.30 pm,where we plan to have a guest […]

Prospective Member in Kent

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Ashford, Kent. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

SAIF / Aviva Insight Events at Glasgow and Bristol

SAIF has planned masterclass events across the UK called ‘ SAIF-Aviva Insight Days’, these are for SAIF members and, in particular, the NextGen members of organisations. The first two events will be: 11th September at Glasgow 26th September at Bristol

CMA questionnaire closes on 30th August

The CMA would like to understand the nature and extent of any arrangements (formal or informal) between local organisations and funeral directors which may mean that funeral directors are providing services (for example, the initial removal of the deceased to a funeral director’s mortuary) without the knowledge or consent of the deceased’s family. If you […]

‘Sensible’ approach to licensing Scottish funeral businesses welcomed

SAIF has welcomed today’s announcement by the Scottish Government on the introduction of a ‘progressive licensing’ scheme by the end of 2020 for funeral directors in Scotland. The adoption of a progressive licensing approach demonstrates that Holyrood has listened fairly to all stakeholders in its quest to regulate the profession in accordance with the Burial […]

Prospective member in Cornwall & Scotland

SAIF has received an application from prospective members who have offices in Loanhead, Scotland and St Austell, Cornwall. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Save time at SAIF’s Essex Regional Meeting – 18th September

HM Treasury consultation into funeral plans ends 3rd September

SAIF has received a reminder from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about their consultation: As you may already be aware, HM Treasury has recently published a consultation paper about the future regulation of the funeral plan sector. The consultation proposes that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will become responsible for regulation of the sale and […]

4 weeks left for Scottish Code of Practice consultation

Prospective new member in Lancashire

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Bacup, Lancashire. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

SAIF Member gets on his bike for The Royal British Legion

Following his successful charity bike ride from London to Paris last year, Alan Tideswell, returned to the saddle in June to cycle from London to Ypres to raise money for the Royal British Legion. Owner of SAIF Member company L D &A Tideswell & Son in Chepel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire, has been involved in his local […]

Prospective Scottish Member

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has offices Beith, Dalry & Largs. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Prospective new member in Prestatyn.

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has an office in Prestatyn. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

SAIF Acquisitions

Are you a SAIF Member looking to buy or sell your business? SAIF Acquisitions is a brokerage service which offers the facility for an independent to sell to another independent. SAIF provides the introduction only, with the seller retaining the right to decide on a buyer, if appropriate. For more information, contact Claire Day on […]

Prospective new members in Staffordshire, London, Merseyside & Gloucestershire.

SAIF has received applications from 3 prospective members who has offices based in Staffordshire, Gloucestershire & Merseyside. Also, a prospective associate member based in London. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

Suicide bereavement conferences in Norwich & London

Understanding the impact of bereavement on our community – conference at Norwich – 14th September. This event is being supported by SAIF Member Rosedale Funeral Home. Suicide Bereavement UK’s 8th international conference – 25th September 2019 Note from Terry Tennens: Dr Sharon McDonnell presented at SAIF’s Education Day in 2017 and funeral directors were instrumental […]

Prospective new member in North Yorkshire.

SAIF has received an application from a prospective member who has offices based in Harrogate and Hampsthwaite. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.

SAIF’s Terry Tennens interviewed on BBC Radio 5

SAIF Chief Executive Terry Tennens spoke to Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 5 live yesterday about proposals for a ratings system for funeral directors. Important points were made about the need for online pricing and comparable pricing formats to help bereaved people. Listen again from 2hrs 22.

Dr Bill honoured

Dr Bill Webster, of Grief Journey, has been selected to receive a British Citizen Award (BCA). The award recognises his positive impact on society, with medals honouring ‘role models’ who ‘have a commitment to improving the lives of others.’ Dr Bill received a medal of honour inscribed with the words ‘for the good of the […]

Bereavement conference at Norwich 14th September

SAIF member, Rosedale Funeral Home in Diss, is supporting a bereavement conference at the University of East Anglia on 14th September. Venue: University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR4 7TJ

Prospective new members in Powys & Stockport.

SAIF has received applications from prospective members based in Powys & Stockport. Please log onto the members area and visit the ‘membership pending’ page to see further details.