Allied Associations
The following are links to organisations which can offer you information and support in your time of need:
UNITED KINGDOM
ASSOCIATION OF BURIAL AUTHORITIES
Contact: Ms Deborah Powton (Chief Executive)
Waterloo House, 155 Upper Street, London N1 1RA
Tel: 020 7288 2522
Fax: 020 7288 2533
Helpline: 020 7288 2522
e-mail: aba@burials.org.uk
website: www.burials.org.uk
THE ASSOCIATION OF NATURAL BURIAL GROUNDS
Contact: Michael Jarvis (Project Manager)
6 Blackstock Mews, London N4 2BT
Tel: 0871 288 2098
Fax: 020 7354 3831
e-mail: mike@naturaldeath.org.uk
website: www.naturaldeath.org.uk
THE ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE PET CEMETERIES & CREMATORIA
Contact: Nick Ricketts (Chairman)
c/o Paws to Rest, Nunclose, Armathwaite, Carlisle CA4 9TJ
Tel: 016974 72232
Fax: 016974 72260
Helpline: 0125 284 4572
e-mail: info@appcc.co.uk
website: www.appcc.org.uk
BEREAVEMENT ADVICE CENTRE – 0800 634 0081
BRITISH HUMANIST ASSOCIATION
Contact: Tana Wollen (Head of Ceremonies)
1 Gower Street, London WC1E 6HD
Tel: 020 7079 3580
Fax: 020 7079 3588
e-mail: ceremonies@humanism.org.uk
website: www.humanism.org.uk
BRITISH INSTITUTE OF EMBALMERS
Contact: Ian Grainger (Administration Secretary)
Anubis House, 21c Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 0HL
Tel: 01564 778991
Fax: 01564 770812
e-mail: info@bioe.co.uk
website: www.bioe.co.uk
BRITISH INSTITUTE OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS
National Office: Audrey Antoniuk (National General Secretary)
1 Gleneagles House, Vernon Gate, South Street, Derby DE1 1UP
Tel: 0800 032 2733
Fax: 01332 225101
e-mail: enquiries@bifd.org.uk
website: www.bifd.org.uk
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Contact: Rosie Hogwood
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP
Tel: 020 7383 6180
Fax: 020 7554 6180
e-mail: rhogwood@bma.org.uk
website: www.bma.org.uk
CHURCHES FUNERAL GROUP
Contact: Ms Sue Moore(Secretary)
Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ
Tel: 020 7898 1376
Fax: 020 7898 1369
e-mail: enquiries@christianfunerals.org
website: www.christianfunerals.org
CO-OPERATIVE FUNERAL SERVICE MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION
Contact: Simon Fisher (Secretary)
6a Clarendon Place, Hyde, Cheshire SK14 2QZ
Tel: 0161 351 7900
Fax: 0161 366 6800
e-mail: cfsma@nacoco-op.org
website: www.naco.org
COUNCIL OF BRITISH FUNERAL SERVICES
Contact: Ms Sue Bullock (Secretary)
11 Fentham Close, Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull, West Midlands B92 0BE
Tel: 01675 443718
Mobile: 07831 316492
e-mail: bullocksue@aol.com
website: www.councilofbritishfuneralservice.org.uk
THE CREMATION SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN
Contact: Roger N Arber (Secretary)
1st Floor – Brecon House (2nd Floor), 16/16a Albion Place, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5DZ
Tel: 01622 688292
Fax: 01622 686698
e-mail: info@cremation.org.uk
website: www.cremation.org.uk
CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE
Contact: Jill Sanders (Information Officer)
PO Box 800, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1RG
Tel: 020 8939 9534
Helpline: 0844 477 9400
e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk
website: www.cruse.org.uk
EUROPEAN FEDERATIN OF FUNERAL SERVICES - the European organisation of funeral peratives
A 1040 Wien, Goldeggasse 19, Austria
Tel: + 43 1 50 195 – 7100
Fax: + 43 1 50 195 – 7101
e-mail: mailto:office@effs.at%20office@effs.at
website: www.effs.org
FEDERATION OF BURIAL & CREMATION AUTHORITIES
Contact: Duncan McCallum (Secretary)
41 Salisbury Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3HA
Tel: 020 8669 4521
Fax: 020 8669 4521
e-mail: fbcasec@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.fbca.org.uk
FIAT/IFTA – the World organisation of funeral operatives
Melkpad 21A, 1217 KA Hilversum, Holland
Tel: +31 35 624 7531
Fax: +31 35 621 3141
e-mail: info@thanos.org
website: www.thanos.org
FUNERAL FURNISHING MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION
Contact: Ms Sue Bullock (Secretary)
11 Fentham Close, Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull, West Midlands B92 0BE
Tel: 01675 443718
Mobile: 07831 316492
e-mail: bullocksue@aol.com
website: www.ffma.co.uk
FUNERAL PLANNING AUTHORITY
Contact: Stuart Harland (Chief Executive)
Knellstone House, Udimore, Rye, East Sussex TN31 6AR
Tel: 0845 601 9619
e-mail: ceo@funeralplanningauthority.co.uk
website: www.funeralplanningauthority.co.uk
GENERAL SYNOD OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Contact: Ms Sue Moore (Administrative Officer)
Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3AZ
Tel: 020 7898 1376
Fax: 020 7898 1369
e-mail: sue.moore@c-of-e.org.uk
website: www.cofe.anglican.org
HOME OFFICE
2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
Tel: 020 7035 4848
Fax: 020 7035 4745
e-mail: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Coroners & Burials Division
Ministry of Justice, Post Point 3.21, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ
INSTITUTE OF CEMETERY & CREMATORIUM MANAGEMENT
Contact: Tim Morris (Chief Executive Officer)
ICCM National Office, City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Road, London E12 5DQ
Tel: 020 8989 4661
Fax: 020 8989 6112
e-mail: julie.callender@iccm-uk.com
website: www.iccm-uk.com
INSTITUTE OF CIVIL FUNERALS
Contact: Ms Anne Barber
6 Nene Road, Bicton Industrial Park, Kimbolton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 0LF
Tel: 0845 004 8608
e-mail: info@iocf.org.uk
website: www.iocf.org.uk
INTERFLORA (FTDA) BU LTD
Contact: Ms Julie Parsons (Corporate Account Manager)
Interflora House, Watergate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 7TB
Tel: 01529 301406
Fax: 01529 301464
e-mail: julie.f.parsons@interflora.co.uk
website: www.interflora.co.uk
MEMORIAL AWARENESS BOARD
Contact: Katherine Heydon (Account Director)
c/o One, 19 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BG
Tel: 020 7993 3833
Fax: 020 7437 4209
e-mail: katherine@oneismore.com
website: www.memorialawarenessboard.com
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEMORIAL MASONS
Contact: Lisa Jones (NEO Designate)
1 Castle Mews, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2XL
Tel: 01788 542264
Fax: 01788 542276
e-mail: enquires@namm.org.uk
website: www.namm.org.uk
NATIONAL FUNERALS COLLEGE
Contact: Professor Malcolm Johnson
c/o International Institute on Health & Ageing, University of Bristol, 3 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TX
THE NATURAL DEATH CENTRE
Contact: Rosie Inman-Cook (Manager)
In The Hill House, Watley Lane, Twyford, Winchester, Hants SO21 1QX
Tel: 0871 288 2098
e-mail: rosie@naturaldeath.org.uk
website: www.naturaldeath.org.uk
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Contact: Julie Knope (Communications Officer)
28 Portland Place, London W1B 1DE
Tel: 020 7291 8358
Fax: 020 7580 6157
e-mail: jknope@riph.org.uk
website: www.riph.org.uk
NATIONAL FUNERAL ASSOCIATIONS OVERSEAS
AUSTRALIA
Australian Funeral Directors’ Association
PO Box 291, Kew East, Victoria 3102, Australia
Tel: 00 61 3 9859 9966
Fax: 0061 3 9819 7390
e-mail: info@afda.org.au
website: www.afda.org.au
Queensland Funeral Directors’ Association Ltd
PO Box 250, Beenleigh, Queensland 4207, Australia
Tel: 0061 7 3807 0533
Fax: 0061 7 3807 5686
e-mail: secretary@qfda.com.au
website: www.qfda.com.au
AUSTRIA
Fachverband der Bestattung
Wiedner Hauptstrabe 63, A-1045 Wien, Austria
Tel: 0043 5 90 900 3249
Fax: 0043 5 90 900-288
website: www.bestatter.at
BELGIUM
Fédération Nationale des Unions Professionelles et Chambres Syndicales des Entrepreneurs des Pompes Funèbres de Belgique (FUNEBRA)
Drakenhoflamm 21 , B-2100 Deurne , Belgium
Tel: 0032 3 321 79 32
Fax: 0032 3 366 58 59
website: www.funebra.be
BULGARIA
Union of the Funeral Companies (SPFBUL)
5, Boris Schivachev str, BG-5801 Pleven, Bulgaria
Tel: 0035 9 64 841 565
Fax: 00359 88 871 5021
website: www.spfbul.org
CANADA
The Funeral Service Association of Canada
6-14845 Yonge Street, Suite 192, Aurora, Ontario L4G 6H8, Canada
Tel: 001 866 841 7779
Fax: 001 905 841 7779
e-mail: info@fsac.ca
website: www.fsac.ca
CROATIA
Croatian Association of Funeral Workers
Kavanjinova 12 , CRO-21000 Split, Croatia
Tel: 00385 21 481039
Fax: 00385 21 481038
CZECH REPUBLIC
Sdruzeni Pohrebnictvi v Cr
Prokopa Velikého 29, CZ-70300 Ostrava-Vitkovice
Tel: 00420 596 6 14 562
Fax: 00 420 5966 14 562
DENMARK
Danske Bedemaend
Engelsborgvej 52, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Tel: 0045 45 93 14 11
Fax: 0045 45 93 54 11
e-mail: kontakt@bedemand.dk
website: www.bedemand.dk
FINLAND
Finnish Association of Funeral Services
Mannerheimintie 44 A, FIN-00260 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 00358 9 621 5588
Fax: 00358 9 621 5599
e-mail: shl@hautaustoimistojenliitto.fi
Website: www.hautaustoimistojenliitto.fi
FRANCE
Confédération des Professionnels du Funéraire et de la Marbrerie (CPFM)
14, Rue des Fossés Saint-Marcel, F-75005 Paris, France
Tel: 0033 1 55 43 30 00
Fax: 0033 1 55 43 93 09
GERMANY
Bundesverband Deutscher Bestatter e.V.
Volmerswerther Straße 79, D-40221 Düsseldorf , Germany
Tel: 0049 211 16 00 8 10
Fax: 0049 211 16 00 8 50
e-mail: info@bestatter.de
website: www.bestatter.de
GREECE
Association of Funeral Home Directors of Athens (SIGTA)
29, Rue Trivonianou , GR-11636 Athens, Greece
Phone: 0030 210 922 8132
Fax: 0030 210 922 8132
HUNGARY
MATESZSZ c/o Magyar Temetkezési Szolgáltatók Országos Szakegyesülete
Csabai kapu 16, H-3529 Miskolc, Hungary
Tel: 0036 46 3722 40268
ITALY
Federazione Nazionale Imprese Onoranze Funebri (FeNIOF)
Via Miliani, 7/a, I-40132 Bologna, Italy
Tel: 0039 051 6650 283 / 0039 051 6650 283
e-mail: feniof@feniof.it
MONACO
Société Monégasque de Thanatologie
14, Avenue Pasteur , MC-98000 Monaco
Tel: 00377 97 98 40 40
Fax: 00377 93 50 07 84
NETHERLANDS
Nederlandse Unie van Ondernemers in het Uitvaartverzorgingsbedrijf (NUVU)
Groot Hertoginnelann 1 a, Postbus 93529, NL-2509 AM's-Gravenhage, Netherlands
Tel: 0031 70 36 47 500
Fax: 0031 70 34 69 883
NEW ZEALAND
Funeral Directors’ Association of New Zealand (Inc)
PO Box 10-888, The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand
Tel: 0064 4 473 7475
Fax: 0064 4 473 7478
e-mail: info@fdanz.org.nz
website: www.fdanz.org.nz
NORWAY
The Norwegian International Forum of Funeral Directors
PO Box 2900 Solli, N-0230 Oslo, Norway
Tel: 0047 22 54 17 00
Fax: 0047 22 56 17 00
POLAND
Polish Chamber of Funeral Directors
ul. Modzelewskiego 35 lok. U3, PL-02-769 Warsaw, Poland
Tel: 0048 22 853 1235
PORTUGAL
Associação Portuguesa dos Profissionais do Sector Funerário (ASSPPSF)
Rua do Entreposto Industrial 8, 2 Esq., Alfragide - 2610-135 Amadore, Portugal
Tel: 0035 1 21 470 6420
Fax: 0035 1 21 470 6499
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Irish Associaiton of Fuenral Directors
Mespil House, Mespil Business Centre, Sussex Road, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland
Tel: 00353 1 800 927 111
website: www.iafd.ie
SOUTH AFRICA
National Funeral Directors’ Association of Southern Africa
PO Box 1265, Durbanville 7550, South Africa
Tel: 0027 21 975 1010
Fax: 0027 21 265920
SWEDEN
Sveriges Begravningsbyraaers Foerbund Förbundsdirektör Ulf Lernéus
Upplagsvägen 1.Plan 2, S-117 43 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: 0046 8 556 811 80
Fax: 0046 8 556 811 88
SWITZERLAND
Schweizerischer Verband der Bestattungsdienste (SVB)
Geschäftsstelle Bern, Fährstrasse 31, CH-3000 Bern, Switzerland
Tel: 0041 31 333 02 33
Fax: 00 41 31 911 53 88
SPAIN
PANASEF - Asociación Nacional de Servicios Funerarios
Gran Via, 6 6a planta (Edificio Iberocenter), E-28013 Madrid, Spain
Tel: 0034 91 524 74 48
Fax: 0034 91 524 74 99
website: panasef.com
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
National Funeral Directors Association (Headquarters)
13625 Bishop’s Drive, Brookfield, WI 53005, USA
Tel: 001: 262-789-1880
Fax: 001 262-789-6977
e-mail: nfda@nfda.org
Website: www.nfda.org
NFDA Washington, DC, Office
400 C Street, NE Washington, DC 20002
Tel: 001 202-547-0441
Fax: 001 202-547-0726
e-mail: jfitch@nfda.org
