The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, North Yokshire
Wednesday 9th, Thursday 10th and Friday 11th July 2003
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CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS
The Majestic Hotel is an impressive 19th century hotel nestling in the centre of Harrogate, a town renowned for the rejuvenating quality of its spa waters. Set in 12 acres of landscaped gardens, the hotel retains its imposing Victorian architecture with gleaming chandeliers, and lavishly furnished rooms complete with marble columns.
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LOCATION
Conveniently located in the centre of Harrogate, the hotel offers on-site car parking for up to 250 cars.
From A1 North
Leave at Wetherby. A661 to Harrogate
From A1 South
Leave at York. A59 to Harrogate.
From Ml
Leave at Leeds. A61 to Harrogate.
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ACCOMMODATION DETAILS
Room with private bathroom, colour/satellite TV, hairdryer, trouser press, direct dial telephone, tea and coffee making facilities, full English breakfast, use of leisure facilities.
ACCOMMODATION RATES
Single room: £80 (inc. VAT) per person per night
Double/twin room: £105 (inc. VAT) per room per night
Double/twin room (Single occupancy): £92 (inc. VAT) per night
Delegates wishing to stay at the Majestic must make their reservations via the Society's office to obtain these special terms.
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FEES
DELEGATES' FEE
£330 (Sterling) - [£280.85 + £49.15 VAT]
Covers: Documentation. Admittance to all sessions. Tickets for Welcome Evening (including viewing of Exhibition), Delegates' Lunch, Conference Banquet and Coffee and Tea between working sessions.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES REPRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME
£280 (Sterling) - [£238.30 + £41.70 VAT]
Covers: Documentation. Admittance to all sessions. Tickets for Welcome Evening (including viewing of Exhibition), Delegates' Lunch, Conference Banquet and Coffee and Tea between working sessions.
SPOUSES' / GUESTS' FEE
£158 (Sterling) -[£134.47 + £23.53 VAT]
Covers: Tickets for Welcome Evening (including viewing of Exhibition), Delegates' Lunch, Spouses'/Guests' Tour, Conference Banquet and Coffee and Tea between working sessions.
FRATERNAL DELEGATES
£142 (Sterling) - [£120.85 + £21.15 VAT]
Covers: Documentation. Admittance to all sessions. Tickets for Welcome Evening (including viewing of Exhibition), Delegates' Lunch, Conference Banquet and Coffee and Tea between working sessions.
CREMATION SOCIETY MEMBERS
Free. Function tickets may be purchased separately. See below.
DAILY RATES
| Wednesday 9th July (half day) | £45 (inc. VAT |
| Thursday 10th July | £115 (inc. VAT) |
| Friday 11th July | £115 (inc. VAT) |
INDIVIDUAL FUNCTION TICKETS
| Welcome Evening | £11 (inc. VAT) |
| Delegates' Lunch | £29 (inc. VAT) |
| Conference Banquet | £42 (inc. VAT) |
| Tour | £16 (inc. VAT) |
EXHIBITORS
TRADE DELEGATE
£310 (Sterling)- [£263.83 + £46.17 VAT]
Covers: Minimum exhibition area 2 metres (length) x 1 metre (depth). Attendance of one representative. Tickets for Welcome Evening (including viewing of Exhibition), Delegates' Lunch, Coffee and Tea between working sessions.
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
£155 (Sterling)- [£131.91 + £23.09 VAT]
Covers: Attendance of one representative. Tickets for Welcome Evening (including viewing of Exhibition), Delegates' Lunch, Coffee and Tea between working sessions.
ADDITIONAL 1 METRE SPACE
£95 (Sterling)- [£80.85 + £14.15 VAT]
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PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Again there is a full and varied programme of papers. The "Break Out" Session and Presidents' Panel have proved so successful they will again be a feature of this year's Conference.
(all timings are approximate)
WEDNESDAY 9th July 2003
13.30 hrs Coffee will be served in the Lounge
INAUGURAL SESSION
14.15 hrs Opening of Conference by the President of the Society
14.30 hrs ISSUES ABOUT MUSIC AT CREMATORIA
by Revd Dr Kenneth Lysons MA., M.Ed., Ph.D., Dipl.P.A., Ac.Dip.Ed., D.M.S., F.C.I.S.
In today’s society music is taking on an increasingly important role in the funeral service. We look at the extent to which this is the case and explore some of the reasons behind this trend.
15.10 hrs RECLAMATION AND DISPOSAL OF IMPLANTS - ETHICAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
by Mr Leif Arffmann, Denmark and Mr Fok de Wit, The Netherlands
Whilst not presently permitted under the existing Code of Cremation Practice, reclamation of implants for charitable purposes is practised in other European Countries. This paper looks at both the ethical and practical aspects of such an arrangement.
"Break-Out" session
Discussion
19.00 hrs WELCOME EVENING AND VIEWING OF EXHIBITION in the Dorchester Suite
(Admission by ticket only)
THURSDAY 10th July 2003
SECOND SESSION
9.30 hrs THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACH TO CONTROLLING CREMATORIA
by Mr Richard Moxon, President/Chairman of OSPAR’s Hazardous Substances Committee and Mr Mike Etkind, Air Quality Division, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Following the publication of Mercury Emissions from Cremation by the Environment Agency’s Local Authority Unit we are now in a period of consultation. The repercussions for the cremation movement will be far reaching and dramatic. No matter what, all cremation authorities will be affected so this is a paper not to be missed.
Discussion
10.15 hrs Coffee
10.30 hrs'SACRED AND PROFANE': THE ARCHITECTURE OF BRITISH CREMATORIA 1980 TO THE PRESENT DAY
by Dr Hilary J Grainger, BA(Hons), Ph.D. FRSA. Associate Dean and Head of Historical and Professional Studies, Staffordshire University
This paper examines the exciting challenges faced by architects since 1980, in providing crematoria appropriate both ‘to the needs of an increasingly agnostic and spiritually bankrupt materialist society’, (Hellman: 1982) and for those with faith. Aesthetic, symbolic, functional and commercial issues will be investigated through a series of illustrated examples.
Discussion
11.15 hrs DEALING WITH DISASTER
by Dr Anne Eyre BA, Ph.D, MIEM, Trauma Training
Major disaster often involves sudden, unexpected death on a large scale. Managing the aftermath can be particularly traumatic and complex for both those providing professional services and those who are bereaved. Drawing on examples of recent disasters, this presentation will discuss key issues and implications.
Discussion
12.45 hrs DELEGATES' LUNCH in the Restaurant
(Admission by ticket only)
THIRD SESSION
14.30 hrs THE INTERNATIONAL CREMATION FEDERATION - THE FUTURE
by Mr Henry Keizer, Secretary-General, The International Cremation Federation
The membership and diversity of the Federation has grown significantly over recent years making it a world-wide organisation with United Nations NGO status. As a result it was recognised that there is a need to review the structure of the Federation in order that it can best achieve its aims and objectives, whilst at the same time meeting the aspirations of members in those geographical regions where it is represented. The new Secretary-General will outline the proposed future structure and objectives of the Federation.
Discussion
14.50 hrs CREMATION AND CULTURAL CHANGE
by Professor Douglas J Davies, BA, M.Litt., Ph.D., Dr. Theol., Professor in the Study of
Religion, University of Durham
In compiling material for the Encyclopaedia of Cremation a great deal of information has been amassed. This paper reviews some of the material collated as well as the wider aspect of cremation and social change on a world-wide front.
Discussion
15.30 hrs THE FEASIBILITY OF URBAN CREMATORIA IN ITALY
by Dr Anna Santarsiero, Senior Scientist, Instituto Superiore di Sanitá, Rome
Italy and France have been slow to adopt the practice of cremation although in recent years the latter’s cremation rate has increased significantly. Italy is now showing signs of an increasing cremation rate and this paper looks at the feasibility of establishing urban crematoria in Italy having regard to cultural and particularly environmental considerations.
Discussion
Coffee
FRIDAY 11th July 2003
FOURTH SESSION
9.30 hrs THE DEMISE OF THE FUNERAL OMBUDSMAN SCHEME - THE AFTERMATH
by Professor Geoffrey Woodroffe, MA(Cantab), Director of the Centre for Consumer and Commercial Law at Brunel University
Following the demise of the Funeral Ombudsman Scheme in September last year we take a look at its successors and how they compare.
Discussion
10.15 hrs THE EUROPEAN FUNERAL STANDARD
by Mr Adrian Haler, Chairman, Funeral Services Technical Committee (facilitated by British Standards Institute)
A European Funeral Standard is presently in the process of being formulated by the Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN) and is eventually intended to apply to participating European countries. The Chairman of the National UK Funeral Services Technical Committee will outline the background to the Standard and its objectives, as well as some of the topics on which particular attention has been focussed.
Discussion
Coffee
11.00 hrs OPENING GEOFFREY GORER’S DOOR: A PERSONAL OVERVIEW OF FUNERALS 1983-2003
by Dr Maura J A Naylor BSc(Hons), Ph.D
Geoffrey Gorer in his book Death, Grief and Mourning in Contemporary Britain (1965) declared that the door had been virtually closed on funerals and funeral matters leaving people with little guidance. He felt that the answer was to bring back the pomp and publicity that the funeral had received during the Victorian era and to provide more information on bereavement. This is a twenty year review of progress in the British funeral as observed by an academic who has had a unique inside view from both within the independent and the corporate sectors of the funeral business in the UK.
11.30 hrs FUNERAL RIGHTS - WHO HAS THE FINAL SAY?
by Claire Rainer and Lorinda Sheasby, Funeralcare (part of the Co-operative group)
In October 2002 Funeral Rights - Who has the final say? was published detailing the findings of the Funeralcare Forum, part of the Co-operative group which is responsible for over 90,000 funerals per annum. Nine months on we hear about the responses to the report and the progress that is being achieved towards its objectives and recommendations.
Discussion
Break for lunch
FIFTH SESSION
14.30 hrs MEDICAL REFEREES - THE WAY FORWARD
by Dr W D S McLay, OBE, MBChB, LLB, FRCS, President, The Association of Medical Referees
At last year’s conference we heard about proposals to revive the Association of Medical Referees. This has now been achieved and we shall be hearing from its President about the Association’s present work and proposals for the future.
Discussion
15.00 hrsPRESIDENTS’ PANEL
Moderator Professor Geoffrey Woodroffe
Question and answer session involving Presidents from the various organisations within the death care profession.
Closing of Conference
19.30 hrs for 20.00 hrs CONFERENCE BANQUET in the French Restaurant
(Admission by ticket only)
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ALL DAY TOUR FOR SPOUSES/GUESTS
Friday 11th July
Castle Howard
Castle Howard, magnificent in its scale and breathtaking in its beauty, is a spectacular eighteenth-century palace, which has been home to the Howard family for 300 years. Built in 1699, Castle Howard is one of Britain’s finest stately homes, located in the beautiful Howardian Hills, fifteen miles northeast of the famous city of York.
As a major tourist attraction the house receives hundreds of thousands of visitors annually from all over the world, who come to enjoy a variety of delights.
All over the estate a major programme of restoration work is dedicated towards preserving this priceless heritage, ranging from large projects dealing with masonry, lead roofing, the gardens, and the lakes and waterways, to smaller but no less important objects such as lead statues, paintings, books and furniture. For each of these items has its own very special story to tell in the history of Castle Howard.
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For further details and booking forms contact:
The Conference Secretary
The Cremation Society of Great Britain
Brecon House (2nd Floor), 16/16A Albion Place
Maidstone, Kent ME14 5DZ
Tel: +44 (0)1622 688292/3 (Please ask for Sue Jackson)
Fax: +44 (0)1622 686698
E-mail: cremsoc@aol.com
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