Bereavement powerhouse Ahmed Alsisi knows more about trauma than most. By Ruth NicholasAhmed Alsisi is hard to miss and harder to ignore. Tall, broad, charismatic and with restless energy, he cuts a…
Category: 2026
Lifting the lid on the funeral procession
There’s a trend we need to talk about. Not because it is new, but because it’s quietly becoming normal: the funeral director as the performance.Social media has changed how we are seen….
Cash for ash cache
Funeral directors who’ve been storing uncollected ashes, in some instances for decades, at their own expense will be made to pay to return them to crematoria, under new proposals by the Law…
The elephant in the room
Neurodivergence is surprisingly common in funeral service but until recently it went unrecognised. Ruth Nicholas reportsA question about neurodivergence was tacked onto a trade association membership survey a couple of years ago…
Money too tight to mention?
No one likes discussing their financial woes, but April is Financial Wellbeing Month and Gaia Workplace Wellbeing founder Samantha Langford urges you to have a word with yourself if no one elseWe’re…
Pandemic took terrible toll on all funeral professionals
Abused, confused, overworked and undervalued is how funeral, burial and cremation staff experienced the pandemic, according to the Covid-19 Inquiry’s roundtable research among key workers.Representatives from across funeral service highlighted the abuse…
