FSJ is calling on crematoria operators to help grieving kids get through funerals by giving them a comfort bear to cuddle and keep afterwards, and we’re asking you to help.The idea is…
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Watchdog raps Pure Cremation TV ad
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has panned and banned a Pure Cremation TV ad for misleading people into believing they’re buying a funeral service as part of its standard offer.The long-running ad…
Landmark survey of the profession’s mental health needs you to get involved
Psychotherapist Margaret Francis needs you to take part in the first large scale research into mental wellbeing in funeral serviceMost people cannot understand why we do the job we do. Working in…
BIFD breaks silence post-Elkin and Bell
The British Institute of Funeral Directors has issued a statement following the incarceration of Hayley Bell, a prominent former member of the institute. It is published in full (below). In addition, FSJ…
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…
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…
Funeral Partners expand in Northern Ireland
Family-run Sandy Close Funeral Services in Belfast, has joined Funeral Partners, as the group expands in Northern Ireland. Sandy Close founded the Shankill Road-based business in 1998 after working for Houston &…
Gibsons’ Funeral Services acquired by Funeral Partners
A County Durham funeral firm with more than 160 years of history has joined Funeral Partners. The aim is to secure the business’s future, while allowing the team to continue to serve…
Latest news from the Editor
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a bittersweet moment as I pen my last editor’s letter for Funeral Service Journal.
It’s been an honour to edit FSJ these past seven years, during such a tumultuous…
Ancient DNA reveals paternal link among male remains at Stone Age burial ground
Stone Age people buried over a span of 800 years at a mass grave in France mostly belonged to the same male lineage, DNA extracted from skeletons reveals, reports livescience.com.
The findings emphasize the importance…
