J R Jones & Co Dudley

13/12/2024

New signs for our hearse looking smart.

12/03/2024

With the shocking news of police intervention at a funeral directors in Hull over the weekend our thought go out to all the families affected. When looking for a funeral director to take care of your loved one, we urge you to look for SAIF accredited Independent Funeral Directors to care for their Funeral Arrangements.

Why aren’t all funeral directors inspected?

At this time there are no statutory requirements for a funeral director to be inspected. This is an entirely voluntary process by the funeral service providers and there are varying levels of code they can choose to adopt.

There is a general belief that funeral directors are regulated in some way but in fact the process of regulation is still at a relatively early stage in the UK with the exception of Scotland that will become regulated in March 2025.

This may be confusing to the consumer as there is not a great deal of clarity on what standards apply to funeral directors.

Funeral directors may choose to meet voluntary requirements by joining a trade association. Currently in the United Kingdom, only one trade association requires members to meet the highest level of standards through their ISO9001 certified inspection programme.
Outside of trade association membership, funeral directors can provide whatever level of care they deem to be appropriate. This creates a risk of care falling far short of even the lowest voluntary code of practice.

In March 2022, funeral director members of The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) voted to change their Code of Practice to increase the standards required of a member business. Further, SAIF successfully achieved the ISO9001 certification for their Quality Assurance program. This was seen as a significant step towards a regulated profession by none other than independent family owned members of the profession itself.

“This was a clear signal from the Society and its membership that any future regulation of funeral directors needs to set a high standard to ensure that in combination with the Competition and Markets Authority Order addressing pricing and transparency of ownership, funeral service providers who continue to fail they families they serve should not be allowed to practice. The SAIF Standard is the highest benchmark for funeral directors in the United Kingdom. Every single member is subject to independent inspection without exception.” Terry Tennens, SAIF Chief Executive.

Whilst the quality of funeral service providers can vary greatly, choosing a funeral director is made a much easier task by ensuring that they are members of SAIF. It is your guarantee that their business has been fully inspected and complies with the strictest code of practice.

Stay funeral safe with SAIF.

01/08/2023

We'll be there with a selection of our funeral cars, old and new.

01/02/2023

Great evening last night celebrating the Licensing of Rev. Gary Hartill to St. James the Great in Lower Gornal.

28/10/2022

Restoration of our old Morris Oxford hearse is coming on. Look forward to getting it back out on the road next year.

24/03/2022

We bought this very hearse new in 1971. We have now bought it back and intend to restore it. When done it will be offered as an alternative hearse to our modern Mercedes fleet and also be out and about at shows locally.

21/08/2021

Another great day with Victorian Carriages.

19/07/2021

03/05/2021

We are aware of articles published by many media outlets relating to government plans to ease numbers of attendees at funeral services from 17th May.

Please be aware that although the government plan to ease restrictions earlier than planned, as stated in articles, the individual venues will still dictate the numbers permitted. Meaning certain venues may not be able to raise their capacity at this time.

We will update all our families and clients as and when service venues advise of an increase of numbers and we will also update our social media to help advise those people planning to attend a funeral.

As always, if you would like further clarification on any matter should you be arranging a funeral or attending a funeral, please do not hesitate to contact us.

06/03/2021

Whatever the weather.....

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Dudley cemetery graveside service in the snow. Blackcounty West Midlands funeral video. Scenic thick snow fell before and during most of the service; all o...

17/11/2020

Refurbishment looking fab. More pictures to follow.

17/11/2020

We are renaming Dainty & Downing to J.R. Jones & Co., Dudley. Nothing else has changed. The office has had a total refurb through our to maintain the high standards we set ourselves. Still staffed by the same excellent staff and overseen by William and Lucy.