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localfuneral.co.uk open to Independents
All SAIF members can now opt in to the new-look localfuneral.co.uk site that helps families to find a local independent… Read more > -
GDPR deadline this month
Following months of masterclasses, meetings, webinars, features and online support, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force this… Read more > -
Reconstruction course
The William Purves Embalming Academy Post-Mortem Reconstruction course took place on 9 to 13 April at Edinburgh University Anatomy. Here,… Read more > -
Memory Giving: ‘We feel that her memory is going to last forever’
Helena Green was just 31 when she died in August 2017. More than £3,000 was collected in her memory through… Read more > -
Supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital
At the recent SAIF AGM, National President Alun Tucker announced Great Ormond Street Hospital as his charity of the year…. Read more > -
Cloudberry smashes through the million
Independent funeral directors using Cloudberry’s In Memory cloud-based donations management system made over £1 million for charities and groups across… Read more > -
Making our businesses dementia friends
As I write this, there are 850,000 people in the UK who are living with dementia – a figure expected… Read more > -
The personal touch
There are times when we all need support, and one independent family firm in Amersham is going the extra mile… Read more > -
LocalFuneral.co.uk
Four months ago the first at-need funeral enquiries were received from families visiting LocalFuneral.co.uk, and since then more than 400… Read more > -
Ashes ‘withheld’ from families
Families have been told by some local authorities that they cannot be given ashes if they do not pay for… Read more >