FUNERALS AND BEREAVEMENT GROUP ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMEMT

NAME OF CROSS-PARTY GROUP

Cross-Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement

AGM

17 June 2015

GROUP MEETINGS

19 November 2014 Attendance: Mark Isherwood AM, AM, AM, AM, Roy Folland, Alan Slater, Philip Blatchly, Paul Cuthell, Janette Bourne, Lorraine Barrett, and David Beamer.

Topics discussed: The work of Cruse in Wales, Code of Practice campaign, sources of funding for funerals, death certification, green form, organ donation, and ebola preparation.

Speaker: Janette Bourne (Cruse Bereavement Care Cymru).

17 June 2015 Attendance: Mark Isherwood AM, William Graham AM, Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM, Russell George AM, Janet Finch-Saunders AM, Roy Folland, Alan Slater, Philip Blatchly, David Beamer, Patricia Vernon, and Paul Rees.

AGM; Election of Office Bearers

Topics discussed: Organ donation in Wales, burial grounds in Wales, Code of Practice campaign, death certification, coroners support and the Green Form.

Guest speakers: Patricia Vernon (); Paul Rees (Church In Wales). MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

Mark Isherwood AM (Chair) Lorraine Barrett - British Humanist Association Andrew RT Davies AM Martin Birch - County Council AM David Beamer – Brevia Consulting (Secretary) Janet Finch-Saunders AM Philip Blatchly - National Association of Funeral Directors Russell George AM Janette Bourne - Cruse Bereavement Care Cymru William Graham AM Andrew Davies - Dignity AM Roy Folland - National Association of Funeral Directors AM Bob Jones - Care for the Family William Powell AM Nigel Lymn Rose - National Association of Funeral Directors Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM Robin Moulster – British Association of Social Workers Cymru Alan Slater - National Association of Funeral Directors Gordon Hector - Joseph Rowntree Foundation Peter Hulton - Unllais Mental Health (Flintshire and Wrexham)

GROUP OFFICE BEARERS ELECTED AT AGM

Chair Mark Isherwood AM

Secretary David Beamer

MEETINGS HELD WITH PROFESSIONAL LOBBYISTS, VOLUNTARY OR CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS

The following have attended meetings of the Group:

Lorraine Barrett - British Humanist Association David Beamer – Brevia Consulting (Secretary) Philip Blatchly - National Association of Funeral Directors Janette Bourne – Cruse Bereavement Care Cymru Paul Cuthell - National Association of Funeral Directors Roy Folland - National Association of Funeral Directors Paul Rees – Church in Wales Nigel Lymn Rose - National Association of Funeral Directors Alan Slater - National Association of Funeral Directors

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT SETTING OUT THE GROUP’S EXPENSES, BENEFITS AND HOSPITALITY RECEIVED

David Beamer (a Director of Brevia Consulting; www.brevia.co.uk ) provided secretariat support on behalf of the National Association of Funeral Directors - cost to the organisation of £400 plus VAT per month. 19 November 2014 A dinner was held in the Welsh Assembly where AM and non-AM members of the Group were invited. The total cost was £202.35 that was paid for by the NAFD.

17 June 2015 A dinner was held in the Welsh Assembly where AM and non-AM members of the Group were invited. The total cost was £249 that was paid for by the NAFD.