Guide to Funerals

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Put something in here about Wills.

  • DIY wills
  • These guys partnered with Dignity in Dying in May.2018. They normally charge £90. https://farewill.com/


Articles

  • Jun.02.2018: Watchdog investigates the rising cost of death. Two official reviews have begun into Britain’s £2 billion funeral industry amid claims that families are being ripped off by rising costs. Funerals in parts of the country can cost three times more than in the cheapest areas, according to research cited by the Competition and Markets Authority. Prices have risen by 70% in a decade, pushing the poorest families into restrictive pre-paid contracts or “pauper’s funerals” run by councils. The average cost of a funeral was almost £3,800 last year, with extras such as flowers and catering adding another £2,000. The poorest families can spend up to a third of their annual income on a funeral. Dignity, one of Britain’s biggest funeral providers, charged £5,300 for a “traditional” funeral at a branch in Glasgow, more than double what it charged in a village in Cheshire, according to research by the price comparison website Beyond. Another service cost £4,850 at a branch in Newcastle and £3,050 in another branch a ten-minute drive away, Beyond said. The findings were disputed by Dignity. The funeral market is estimated to be worth £2bn a year. The two biggest operators are the Co-op and Dignity, which arrange 28% of funerals. Alex Ralph, Martin Strydom, The Times.
  • Apr.11.2018: Martin Legacy. Because of my loss, no other parent will have to bear the burden of finding money for their own child's funeral. Carolyn Harris, @CarolynHarris24, Twitter.
  • Apr.01.2018: Children’s burial fees go after outcry. Theresa May has ordered the setting up of a funeral fund after The Sunday Times highlighted a rise in ‘funeral poverty’. Theresa May will scrap burial fees for children in a victory for The Sunday Times’s funeral poverty campaign. Caroline Wheeler, Gabriel Pogrund, The Sunday Times.