National Association of Funeral Directors - Revision history

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 ==Lobbying firms==
 ===Former lobbying firms===
-*[[Brevia Consulting]]
+*[[Brevia Consulting]]<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Brevia%20Consulting Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 28 January 2015 </ref>
 ==References==

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 It seems clear from an announcement made by NAFD after Gordon Brown became prime minister that the APPG for Funerals and Bereavement acts like a lobby group:
 :When Gordon Brown reshuffled his team after taking office as Prime Minister this summer, the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) wasted no time in seeking consultation with key Ministers on issues that are of concern to the funeral profession…. A General Election would have resulted in a further reshuffle, so Gordon Brown’s decision not to go to the country means the All Party Parliamentary Funerals and Bereavement Group can continue to develop its excellent relationships and solicit the support of the new Ministers. <ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-lobby-new-ministers.aspx NAFD seizes the chance to lobby new Ministers], NAFD website, accessed 20 July 2009</ref>
 ==References==

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 The NAFD claims that its lion logo “is acknowledged as a 'kite mark' of quality assurance, guaranteeing the highest professional standards.<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-advice/about-the-nafd.aspx About the NAFD: Overview of the NAFD], NAFD website, accessed 22 Oct 2009</ref>
-The NAFD states that it takes the lead in education and is also responsible for initiating professional development programmes. It claims to represent the funeral profession at all levels of Government in respect of legislation and campaigns on issues affecting not only funeral undertakers, but also the bereaved. They provide opinion to Parliamentarians, Government agencies and consumer groups on all funeral matters.<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral0advice/about-the-nafd.aspx About the NAFD], NAFD website, accessed October 22nd 2009</ref>
+The NAFD states that it takes the lead in education and is also responsible for initiating professional development programmes. It claims to represent the funeral profession at all levels of Government in respect of legislation and campaigns on issues affecting not only funeral undertakers, but also the bereaved.It provides opinion to Parliamentarians, Government agencies and consumer groups on all funeral matters.<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral0advice/about-the-nafd.aspx About the NAFD], NAFD website, accessed October 22nd 2009</ref>
-Members of funeral trade associations are not regulated by law. They operate their own voluntary codes of practice and principles. Also, there is no requirement in law that a funeral undertaker belongs to one of the two known associations in the UK, the NAFD and The National Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF).
+Members of funeral trade associations are not regulated by law. They operate their own voluntary codes of practice and principles. Also, there is no requirement in law that undertakers belongs to one of the two known associations in the UK, the NAFD and The National Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF).
 Non-members are not subject to the codes.
-In consumer terms, funeral undertakers are viewed as general traders of goods and services, and there is no legal requirement that they all offer the same company terms and conditions.
+In consumer terms, undertakers are viewed as general traders of goods and services, and there is no legal requirement that they all offer the same company terms and conditions.
 According to Geoff Caldwell of the NAFD, the terms and conditions published on the NAFD website is an example template only, and is designed so the member company can edit it in line with their own trading style.<ref> Geoff Caldwell, NAFD, NAFD, in an email to Teresa Evans 28 January 2008</ref>
 This raises the question of why all the members of NAFD are not held to a common code of practice, as is the case with many trade associations.
 ==History==
-In 1898 a group of funeral undertakers set up the British Institute of Undertakers to raise the status of the profession. This organisation ceased to exist in 1901 and in 1905 the British Undertakers Association was founded. In the same year it also adopted a new constitution when it changed the name again to the National Association of Funeral Directors.
+In 1898 a group of undertakers set up the British Institute of Undertakers to raise the status of the profession. This organisation ceased to exist in 1901 and in 1905 the British Undertakers Association was founded. In the same year it also adopted a new constitution when it changed the name again to the National Association of Funeral Directors.
 <ref>"[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-advice/about-the-nafd/history-of-the-nafd.aspx History of the NAFD]", The NAFD website accessed October 22nd 2009</ref>
-The Association has been supporting funeral undertakers since 1905. Members enjoy a wide range of business support services.
+The Association has been supporting undertakers since 1905. Members enjoy a wide range of business support services.
 ==Bereavement Advice Centre==

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 Similarly the NAFD is active in Europe, joining other industry figures in "a series of briefings with influential members of the European Parliament and European Commission in Brussels".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> It especially mentions [[Malcolm Harbour]] MEP – Conservative spokesman on Internal Market issues and a member of the Industry, Research and Energy, and Internal Market Committee - as playing "a pivotal role in ensuring the delegation gained access to key decision makers".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
-One of the issues discussed at these meetings was the [[Biocides Directive]], a European regulation designed to protect the public from harmful biocidal substances such as formaldehyde, which is routinely used in embalming. The Centre for Natural Burial reports that the funeral industry fears that the directive "could put makers of embalming fluid out of business and threaten the livelihoods of those who practice the craft". It is estimated that there are 2,500 to 3,000 embalmers throughout Europe. All of them, in some way or another, are affected by the directive.<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
+One of the issues discussed at these meetings was the [[Biocides Directive]], a European regulation designed to protect the public from harmful biocidal substances such as formaldehyde, which is routinely used in embalming. The directive is also intended to harmonize formaldehyde's regulation across the whole of Europe. The Centre for Natural Burial reports that the funeral industry fears that the directive "could put makers of embalming fluid out of business and threaten the livelihoods of those who practice the craft". It is estimated that there are 2,500 to 3,000 embalmers throughout Europe. All of them, in some way or another, are affected by the directive.<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
 The directive, it is feared, may mean that embalming fluid manufacturers will have to pay for a variety of safety tests. [[Adrian Haler]], managing director of the U.K. subsidiary of the [[Dodge Company]], the leading supplier of embalming fluid to funeral homes in the United States, said, “I don’t think it’s likely anyone could afford to get the tests done. ... They are talking about 350,000 pounds (about $654,500) for the tests necessary. And if you bump up the price for the chemical, no one will buy it.”<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>

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	According to Geoff Caldwell of the NAFD, the terms and conditions published on the NAFD website is an example template only, and is designed so the member company can edit it in line with their own trading style.<ref> Geoff Caldwell, NAFD, NAFD, in an email to Teresa Evans 28 January 2008</ref>		According to Geoff Caldwell of the NAFD, the terms and conditions published on the NAFD website is an example template only, and is designed so the member company can edit it in line with their own trading style.<ref> Geoff Caldwell, NAFD, NAFD, in an email to Teresa Evans 28 January 2008</ref>
	This raises the question of why all the members of NAFD are not held to a common code of practice, as is the case with many trade associations.		This raises the question of why all the members of NAFD are not held to a common code of practice, as is the case with many trade associations.
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−	~~==History==~~
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−	In 1898 a group of funeral undertakers set up the British Institute of Undertakers to raise the status of the profession. This organisation ceased to exist in 1901 and in 1905 the British Undertakers Association was founded. In the same year it also adopted a new constitution when it changed the name again to the National Association of Funeral Directors.
−	~~<ref>"[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-advice/about-the-nafd/history-of-the-nafd.aspx History of the NAFD]", The NAFD website accessed October 22nd 2009</ref>~~
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−	~~The Association has been supporting funeral undertakers since 1905. Members enjoy a wide range of business support services.~~

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 One of the issues discussed at these meetings was the [[Biocides Directive]], a European regulation designed to protect the public from harmful biocidal substances such as formaldehyde, which is routinely used in embalming. The Centre for Natural Burial reports that the funeral industry fears that the directive "could put makers of embalming fluid out of business and threaten the livelihoods of those who practice the craft". It is estimated that there are 2,500 to 3,000 embalmers throughout Europe. All of them, in some way or another, are affected by the directive.<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
-The directive, it is feared, may mean that embalming fluid manufacturers will have to pay for a variety of safety tests. [[Adrian Haler]], managing director of the U.K. subsidiary of the Dodge Co., the leading supplier of embalming fluid to funeral homes in the United States, said, “I don’t think it’s likely anyone could afford to get the tests done. ... They are talking about 350,000 pounds (about $654,500) for the tests necessary. And if you bump up the price for the chemical, no one will buy it.”<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
+The directive, it is feared, may mean that embalming fluid manufacturers will have to pay for a variety of safety tests. [[Adrian Haler]], managing director of the U.K. subsidiary of the [[Dodge Company]], the leading supplier of embalming fluid to funeral homes in the United States, said, “I don’t think it’s likely anyone could afford to get the tests done. ... They are talking about 350,000 pounds (about $654,500) for the tests necessary. And if you bump up the price for the chemical, no one will buy it.”<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
 ===APPG for Funerals and Bereveament===

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 :On October 13 representatives from the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) embarked on the first of another round of meetings with key government officials when the Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement in the Welsh Assembly met to discuss the Social Fund, retained ashes, Pandemic Flu and memorial safety.<ref>[http://www.funeral-standards-council.co.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-meets-government-officials-to-debate-key-issues--.aspx NAFD meets government officials to debate key issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
-Similarly the NAFD is active in Europe, joining other industry figures in "a series of briefings with influential members of the European Parliament and European Commission in Brussels".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> It especially mentions [[Malcolm Harbour]] MEP – Conservative spokesman on Internal Market issues and a member of the Industry, Research and Energy, and Internal Market Committee - as playing "a pivotal role in ensuring the delegation gained access to key decision makers".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> One of the issues discussed at the meetings was the [[Biocides Directive]], a European regulation designed to protect the public from harmful substances in biocidal products such as formaldehyde, which is routinely used in embalming. The Centre for Natural Burial reports that the funeral industry fears that the directive "could put makers of embalming fluid out of business and threaten the livelihoods of those who practice the craft". It is estimated that there are 2,500 to 3,000 embalmers throughout Europe. All of them, in some way or another, are affected by the directive.<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
+Similarly the NAFD is active in Europe, joining other industry figures in "a series of briefings with influential members of the European Parliament and European Commission in Brussels".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> It especially mentions [[Malcolm Harbour]] MEP – Conservative spokesman on Internal Market issues and a member of the Industry, Research and Energy, and Internal Market Committee - as playing "a pivotal role in ensuring the delegation gained access to key decision makers".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
 The directive, it is feared, may mean that embalming fluid manufacturers will have to pay for a variety of safety tests. Adrian Haler, managing director of the U.K. subsidiary of the Dodge Co., the leading supplier of embalming fluid to funeral homes in the United States, said, “I don’t think it’s likely anyone could afford to get the tests done. ... They are talking about 350,000 pounds (about $654,500) for the tests necessary. And if you bump up the price for the chemical, no one will buy it.”<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>

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	Similarly the NAFD is active in Europe, joining other industry figures in "a series of briefings with influential members of the European Parliament and European Commission in Brussels".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> It especially mentions [[Malcolm Harbour]] MEP – Conservative spokesman on Internal Market issues and a member of the Industry, Research and Energy, and Internal Market Committee - as playing "a pivotal role in ensuring the delegation gained access to key decision makers".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> One of the issues discussed at the meetings was the [[Biocides Directive]], a European regulation designed to protect the public from harmful substances in biocidal products such as formaldehyde, which is routinely used in embalming. The Centre for Natural Burial reports that the funeral industry fears that the directive "could put makers of embalming fluid out of business and threaten the livelihoods of those who practice the craft". It is estimated that there are 2,500 to 3,000 embalmers throughout Europe. All of them, in some way or another, are affected by the directive.<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>		Similarly the NAFD is active in Europe, joining other industry figures in "a series of briefings with influential members of the European Parliament and European Commission in Brussels".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> It especially mentions [[Malcolm Harbour]] MEP – Conservative spokesman on Internal Market issues and a member of the Industry, Research and Energy, and Internal Market Committee - as playing "a pivotal role in ensuring the delegation gained access to key decision makers".<ref>[http://www.nafd.org.uk/funeral-profession/industry-news/latest-news/nafd-makes-headway-on-european-funeral-issues.aspx NAFD makes headway on European funeral issues], NAFD website, undated, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref> One of the issues discussed at the meetings was the [[Biocides Directive]], a European regulation designed to protect the public from harmful substances in biocidal products such as formaldehyde, which is routinely used in embalming. The Centre for Natural Burial reports that the funeral industry fears that the directive "could put makers of embalming fluid out of business and threaten the livelihoods of those who practice the craft". It is estimated that there are 2,500 to 3,000 embalmers throughout Europe. All of them, in some way or another, are affected by the directive.<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>
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		+	The directive, it is feared, may mean that embalming fluid manufacturers will have to pay for a variety of safety tests. Adrian Haler, managing director of the U.K. subsidiary of the Dodge Co., the leading supplier of embalming fluid to funeral homes in the United States, said, “I don’t think it’s likely anyone could afford to get the tests done. ... They are talking about 350,000 pounds (about $654,500) for the tests necessary. And if you bump up the price for the chemical, no one will buy it.”<ref>Parmalee Thomas A., [http://www.naturalburial.coop/2007/09/30/biocides-directive-causes-storm-of-controversy/ Biocides Directive Causes Storm Of Controversy], Centre for Natural Burial website, acc 29 Mar 2010</ref>

	===APPG for Funerals and Bereveament===		===APPG for Funerals and Bereveament===