Important info and dates for SAIF Members

Please note the following dates which will impact SAIF Members and the wider funeral profession.

31st December 2020 – Membership subscription for 2021 due

NOW – SAIF’s Winter Covid National Contingency Plan – this provides extra support for members during this difficult time via a communications platform call Slack. All members are encouraged to join the new communications platform Slack now. More information here.

31st January 2021 – Deadline for 2021 subscriptions to be paid before membership is suspended. Please login to the Members’ area then click here to pay online.

February 2021 Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Report into the funeral sector – Drafting of order. Informal consultation of draft order with
key parties.

31st March 2021– All SAIF members must display their prices online either on their own website or using a third-party tool such as Facebook, localfuneral.co.uk, funeralguide.co.uk, or any open-source, publicly accessible website. Find out more here.

March/April 2021 – CMA Report – Publication of draft order for formal public consultation

May 2021 CMA Report – Finalise and make order

17th June 2021 CMA Report into the funeral sector – Statutory deadline for implementing remedial action