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Cemetery Management

Cemetery Management Course
This course is worth: 3 CPD Points
This day long course is aimed to help manage your cemetery within the law, effectively and sensitively. Always the most sensitive of areas in our every day lives as local council clerks - this course is a must for all Clerks and their deputies who are involved with cemetery management.
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| Date | Course Code | Location | Duration | Members Price | Non-Members Price |
| Wednesday 24th February | GMX06 |
Village Hotel Hull |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 24th March | 10/GM01 |
Marriott St Pierre Hotel |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 14th April | GMX07 | Staverton Park Hotel Staverton Park, Daventry Road, Staverton, , Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 6JT |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 5th May | 10/GM02 | Village Hotel Nottingham Brailsford Way Chilwell Nottingham NG9 6DL |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 16th June | 10/GM03 |
Daresbury Park Hotel |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 23rd June | 10/GM04 | New Place Shirrell Heath, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2JH |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 21st July | 10/GM08 | Gambier Parry Hall Newent Road, HIghnam, Gloucestershire, GL2 8DG |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 8th September | 10/GM05 |
Village Hotel, Newcastle |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 15th September | 10/GM06 | Milton Hill House Milton Hill, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6AF |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
| Wednesday 22nd Sept | 10/GM07 | Holiday Inn Plymouth Armada Way Plymouth, PL1 2HJ |
Full day | £95 | £120 |
Topics
The Law
Registers and Plans
Burial and Memorial Rights
Granting and Exercising
Rights
Transferring Rights
Shallow Graves
Administration
Administrative problems
Checking Procedures
Rules and Regulations
Fees
Law Update
Update on the Review of Burial Law Reuse of graves
Health & Safety
Memorial Management
Latest Issues and News
Legal Challenge
New Guidance
NAMM Code of Practice
BRAMM
Grave digging - Safe practice
and legal compliance
Other matters
Unauthorised memorials
Planning new cemeteries
Shallow graves
Green burials
Charter for the Bereaved
Reclaiming graves
Exhumation
Licence, faculty or both?
Understanding the grief process
REVIEW CASE HISTORIES INVOLVING LOCAL COUNCILS
TALK THROUGH AND DO
USEFUL HANDOUTS
NETWORKING
What past delegates have said...
“All very useful and interesting”, Brenda Last Baningham PC
“Presenters spoke in plain English – easy to understand and very approachable. Should be commended”, S Holdsworth, Brinkworth Parish Council
“A very informative course – excellent presentation!”, Granville Taylor, Newbury Town Council
“Very useful course, informative and interesting”, Joanne Lempiere, Newbury Town Council
“Very helpful and informative”, M Whitehead, Urchfont Parish Council









