Category: 2026

  • Answering the Undercover Undertaker’s challenge

    SAIF is the largest UK trade body dedicated to representing independent funeral directors, with more than 1,000 members. We don’t take this size for granted, and we value immensely each and every…

  • Challenge accepted

    By SAIF Scotland and Northern Ireland (SSNI) Scottish Government liaison and quality assurance officer Joseph Murran.The Undercover Undertaker questioned the need for association membership.We had to consider that in SSNI two…

  • Seeing isn’t believing

    Neural Smash founder Dan Bradley looks at the collective cost of not knowing what’s real and what’s not thanks to AI.In the last year or so a niggling little voice has crept…

  • A day in the life of a council funerals expert

    A day in the life of a council funerals expert

    A day in the life of Evie King, lead officer for council funerals at Wealden District CouncilAt 8.30am I switch on the computer and watch seven email inboxes come to life. No…

  • Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

    Nina Leonelli, general manager at the Garden of England Crematorium, says small steps build into great outcomes when it comes to caring for the environment.We’re all green now, aren’t we? No one…

  • Make it sew

    Make it sew

    Last month we asked for teddies to comfort grieving kids, this month we appeal to FSJ readers to get ready, steady, sew to help make collecting a departed’s belongings a little less…

  • Make funerals more bearable for children

    FSJ is calling on crematoria operators to help grieving kids get through funerals by giving them a comfort bear tocuddle and keep afterwards, and we’re asking readers to help.The idea is the…

  • Christmas funeral in July

    Christmas funeral in July

    Santa Claus isn’t much associated with crematoria, but he had a starring role in the funeral of 87-year-old Walter Hatton, asdid his reindeer and elves.As Hatton neared the end of his life,…

  • Future of funeral transport

    Future of funeral transport

    Patrick Quinn, director at Fearghas Quinn, ponders how advances in automotive technology, AI and robotics could reshape funeral vehicles and funerals themselvesAs hearses and limousines are converted from passenger cars and as…

  • Ashes to ashes

    Ashes to ashes

    Unclaimed ashes are a hot topic, but it’s not just a Britishproblem as US funeral director Lanae Strovers describes.Lanae Strovers is a funeral director, embalmer and trainer for the National Funeral Directors…