Graves at Risk Register - NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CEMETERY FRIENDS

GRAVES AT RISK REGISTER

The Graves at Risk Register is administered by the Funerary Monuments Group of the NFCF.

The NFCF Graves at Risk Register has been set up to highlight graves and memorials in our cemeteries which are considered to be at risk. The graves often have special features which contribute to the character of the cemetery or burial ground as a whole. The Register will include plots that do not contain the remains of the deceased but record detail as a memorial. A hard copy will be supplied to English Heritage [or the appropriate national conservation agency] and other interested parties.

The Register will record any positive intervention to prevent further decline or active projects of conservation. When a grave has been added to the Register the cemetery owner will be so advised.

Member groups of the NFCF can apply to nominate a grave for inclusion on the Register and the details will also be passed to the national conservation agencies for possible inclusion on their Buildings at Risk Registers but whilst working with these agencies for that purpose this Register is an independent project.

Nominations are only accepted from members of NFCF. Members will be asked to pay the administration fee [currently £10 per grave]. If the Funerary Monuments Group who administer the scheme, believe that it would benefit a local group the services of an advisor [a member of FMG] will be offered to visit the cemetery at a fixed charge [optional service].

A definition of "at risk" and the criteria for nomination are on adjacent web pages. At risk definition click here Criteria for nomination click here

Application packs will be issued on request click here