Funerals And Bereavement

Purpose of the group

To provide a forum for the discussion of funeral and bereavement issues. 

Forthcoming meetings

Next meeting:

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 27 October 2016 (106KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 7 February 2017 (78KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 12 September 2017 (80KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 7 November 2017 (88KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 20 February 2018 (85KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 4 September 2018 (97KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 13 November 2018 (112KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 6 March 2019 (111KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 12 June 2019 (112KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 6 November 2019 (123KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 10 June 2020 (124KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 25 November 2020 (149KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 24 February 2021 (125KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration form (104KB pdf)
• Annual return form 2017 (209KB pdf)
• Annual return 2018 (200KB pdf)
• Annual return 2019 (112KB pdf)
• Annual return 2020 (126KB pdf)

Group Officers

Group Members

Non MSP Individuals

Nina Ballantyne

James Blackburn

Gerard Boyle

Nick Britten

Andrew Brown

Susanne Cameron Nielson

Brian Corrigan

Eileen Crawley

Paul Cuthell

Christine Dumonceau

Mark Hazelwood

John Halliday

Morgan Harris

Rose Jackson

Jon Levett

Nigel Lymn Rose

Eilidh Macdonald

Dec Maguire

Helen Malo

Jane Matheson

Ann McMurray

Ruth Mendel

Patrick McGlinchey

James Morris

Rebecca Paterson

Mark Porteous

Jamie Stewart

Alexander Sullivan

Gordon Swan

Terry Tennens

Stewart Wilson

Organisations

Caledonia Cremation

Citizens Advice Scotland

Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland (CBCS)

Golden Charter

Hospice UK

National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD)

Resomation Ltd

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (founder of the Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief alliance)

Scottish Pensioners’ Forum

Scottish Working Group on Funeral Poverty

Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF)

Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity (SANDS)