Churchyard Closures and Implications for Local Councils
Aims of the session
The course will cover:
- closing Church of England churchyards by Order in Council
- notification and objections to closure
- continuation of burials in closed churchyards
- transfer of maintenance responsibility – legal and financial issues
- faculty jurisdiction and the role of parochial church councils
- grant aiding churchyard maintenance - legal “grey” areas
- health and safety responsibilities
- memorial safety checks and repairs
Earn: 1.5 CPD Points
PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE AGREEMENT OF YOUR COUNCIL TO PAY THE COURSE FEE
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Event Information
| Event Date | Wed 18 Oct 2023 10:00 |
| Event End Date | Wed 18 Oct 2023 11:30 |
| Cut off date | Mon 16 Oct 2023 8:00 |
| Capacity | 10 |
| Registered | 3 |
| Available Place | 7 |
| Individual Price | Members £30 |
| Speaker | Alan Fairchild |
| Location | Zoom |
| Categories | Clerks and Councillors |
Further Details
The session will cover |
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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. |
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Speakers
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).
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