The Cremation Society of Great Britain

Acronyms of Funeral Related Organisations

• ABA: Association of Burial Authorities
• BIE: British Institute of Embalmers
• BIFD: British Institute of Funeral Directors
• CBA: Confederation of Burial Authorities
• CBFS: Council of British Funeral Services
• CFSMA: Cooperative Funeral Services Managers Association
• CGFSCC: Churches' Group on Funeral Services at Cemeteries and Crematoria
• COTS: Cemetery Operatives Training Scheme
• FBCA: Federation of British Cremation Authorities
• FFMA: Funeral Furnishing Manufacturers' Association
• FSC: Funeral Standards Council
• FOS: Funeral Ombudsman Scheme
• FSID: Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
• IBCA: Institute of Burial and Cremation Administration
• ICF: International Cremation Federation
• LAFD: London Association of Funeral Directors
• MAM: Memorial Awareness Board (formerly Memorial Advisory Bureau)
• NABS: National Association of Bereavement Services
• NAFD: National Association of Funeral Directors
• NAMM: National Association of Memorial Masons
• NAPP: National Association of Prepaid Funeral Plans
• NFC: National Funerals College
• PCA: Proprietary Crematoria Association
• SAAFA: Sailors, Airmen and Army Families Association
• SAIF: Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors
• SANDS: Still-Birth and Neonatal Death Society