SAIF Golden Charter

Dedicated to our members

As the SAIF membership grows, our dedication to each member remains the same. We aim to answer your queries and concerns without delay and the support given to each member is as strong as it has always been.

Key benefits for funeral directors:

• A complaints procedure, investigation and, if required, resolution scheme giving extra confidence to your client
• Including an annual banquet weekend, educational days, regional meetings and webinars
• Created several platforms for all its members to have a supporting body of like-minded business people who also share the stresses and strains of being “The future leaders of their businesses”
• Standard inclusion at no extra cost
• Regular inspections with guidance on correct procedures, protocol and best practice. Currently the only UK funeral association whose Quality Management Systems are ISO: 9001-2015 certified
• An introduction agency for any independent owners who wish to consider selling their business to another independent, so that their name is safeguarded with common vision and values
• A friendly, efficient team to help with any enquiry
• Free help with tax and legal advice
• Magazine (print and online) to keep you up to date with
• industry news and views
• For all stationery and advertising material, demonstrating to members of the public that you are a respected professional
• Featuring downloadable templates, guidance notes and webinars, along with details of the SAIF AGM, regional meetings and education days
• Free and confidential service run by Professional Help – a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy – offering help for funeral directors and their staff who are distressed, under acute pressure or suffering with depression
• Free and confidential access to grief care and bereavement support for your clients
• Access to SAIF officers and an Executive with a vast range of funeral directing experience across the UK.
• SAIF also provides membership to those companies who provide a service to the funeral profession, with the key benefits as follows:
• Of those wishing to be contacted by third parties
• Distribution of the companies leaflets at certain events
• Opportunities to network at regional meetings and annual events across the country
• A friendly, efficient team to help with any enquiry
• Access to SAIFInsure (Insurance broker)

If you would like more information about joining SAIF and being able to access benefits including Professional Indemnity Insurance, please don’t hesitate to contact the SAIF Business Centre; we are only a phone call away and will be happy to help.

Call 0345 230 6777 or visit SAIF.