The ICCM represents professionals working in burial and cremation authorities and UK companies. Provides policy and best practice guidance, and educational and training programmes.

They offer their members a range of Continuing Professional Development through their CIOB Academy including conservations and refurbishments, artificial technologies and online resources.

Its core activity is to research issues and develop skills relating to the built heritage, and to raise the standard of conservation practice among owners, contractors and professional groups.

The Guild of Master Craftsmen is membership organisation with a wide range of specially negotiated, exclusive business benefits aimed at helping clients improve their customer profile. Their exclusive search engine www.findacraftsman.com allows the public to search for a reputable craftsman by trade and postcode throughout the UK.

The AMS is one of the National Amenity Societies, as defined by the government under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and is consulted by local authorities on Listed Building Consent applications. The Society also offers advice on ecclesiastical cases in England and Wales under the Ecclesiastical Exemption. The AMS is unique among the National Amenity Societies in defending buildings of all types and ages.

English Heritage is the Government's statutory advisor on the historic environment. The organisation works to conserve and enhance the historic environment, broaden public access to it, and increase understanding of England's heritage. Provides registers of significant buildings, monuments and landscapes, and awards grants for their conservation.

The Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain (DSWA) is keen to work with colleges and training centres to promote the traditional craft of dry stone walling. We administer a Craft Certification Scheme which offers a suite of Lantra regulated (QCF).

Advises and assists on any aspect of cremation. Publishes journal Pharos International. The Cremation Society of Great Britain is a special interest organisation that advocates cremation in the United Kingdom. The Society also jointly hosts the annual Cremation and Burial Communication and Education event (CBCE) with the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities.

This organisations purpose is to improve the standard of education for everyone involved in building conservation. It aims to improve the standard of education of everyone involved in building conservation, including craftsmen, professionals, homeowners and the general public.

Established by Royal Charter in 1917. Its duties include the marking and maintaining of the graves of members of the forces of the Commonwealth killed in the two world wars and building memorials to those who have no known grave. Over 900,000 are commemorated on headstones over graves and almost as many again are commemorated on memorials, and the commission (in partnership with various Commonwealth governments) maintains the headstones and memorials throughout the world.