Cemetery and Churchyard Management

The session will cover
- burial law & administration
- exclusive rights of burial & transfers
- cemetery fees & charges
- providing more burial space
- grave digging arrangements
- cemetery environmental regulations & risk assessments
- closure & management of CofE churchyards
There will be time for Q&A at the end of the session.
Event date | Thu 15 Sep 2022 10:00 |
Event Ends | Thu 15 Sep 2022 12:00 |
Registered | 10 |
Available places | 20 |
Registration closes | Wed 14 Sep 2022 8:00 |
Notes | Members £30 |
Speaker | Alan Fairchild |
Location | WALC Zoom Room |
Event Categories | Council Training |
Earn |
1 CPD PointsRecord of attendance at training events is required when applying for the Local Council Awards Scheme |
Fees |
£30.00 per delegate for Member CouncilsNon-member fee £60.00 |
Help with Delegate’s Fees |
WALC will subsidise member councils
Unfortunately the website cannot currently handle the free places, so if you qualify please email events@walc.org.uk and we will amend any relevant invoices. |
PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE AGREEMENT OF YOUR COUNCIL TO PAY THE COURSE FEE |
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Cancellations |
Any delegate cancellationsmust be received in writing 5 days before the event for a full refund of the fee. Substitute delegate(s) may be named at any time up to the event. |
Terms and Conditions of Registration |
Please read |
To attend this session |
you will needA suitable device for attending the session with a speaker, camera and microphone; laptops and tablets are ideal. |

Alan Fairchild MBE, FSLCC
Honorary Vice President SLCC
A local council clerk for over 40 years Alan spent most of his professional career as the Town Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer of large urban council on the outskirts of Norwich where he managed a busy cemetery and closed churchyard. He is a founder member, national chairman and now honorary vice-president of the Society of Local Council Clerks and has been delivering training on local council cemetery and churchyard management to clerks and councillors for many years. Alan has been a member of the Ministry of Justice Burial and Cremation Advisory Group since 2001, and former Society representative on the Board of the British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons. (BRAMM).
Warwickshire & West Midlands Association of Local Councils
