It's non a prissy thought, but one twenty-four hour period you - and anybody you lot know and love - will be expressionless.

That is, unless science progresses to such a betoken that you tin somehow live forever (just would you actually want that anyway?).

So it'southward rubber to presume that at some point you'll be worm provender.

But even the concluding release of expiry comes at a price.

While at that place'southward no legal requirement for yous have to have a funeral , the law does land that you must "dispose of the torso of the person who has died by burial, cremation or any other ways".

And these most all of these options tend to cost coin.

The average funeral costs £8000 (

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On boilerplate, a funeral with all the usual trimmings (coffin and burial or cremation, doctor, memorial, death and funeral notices, flowers, lodge sheets, transport, a venue, catering) will set you back £8,000 according to SunLife .

Do you accept a cheeky spare £8k tucked away somewhere?

Even a more than no-frills funeral template can still cost up to £4000 - a figure which has increased by an eye-watering 52 per cent since 2007.

You could of grade start saving at present.

But in some cases, families are left unable to shoulder the cost of a loved one's funeral and associated legal costs.

Which is a cost human being can't afford (

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In these instances, there is aid from the government. But be warned, it won't embrace everything.

According to the Metro , it's means tested, then you don't become the whole shebang, only nor will a house left by the deceased or whatsoever personal items left to a spouse exist taken into account either.

Families who are eligible will exist able to have the post-obit paid for by the fund.

  • Burial fees for a particular plot
  • Cremation fees, including the price of the doctor's certificate
  • Travel to arrange or get to the funeral
  • The price of moving the trunk inside the Great britain, if it's being moved more than than 50 miles
  • Decease certificates or other documents
  • Up to £700 for whatever other funeral expenses, such as funeral managing director's fees, flowers or the bury.
There is help bachelor (

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However, as mentioned, the sum you get volition fall short of the full cost.

If even this can't exist covered, and then there is one final option.

Formerly referred to as a "pauper's funeral", a council funeral is seen every bit the final resort.

This means no flowers, transport, headstone, or option in time or location for those who may wish to attend. You lot could also potentially be buried in a shared grave or take your ashes scattered on council grounds.

What are my funeral options?

You have a few options bachelor to yous (

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Co-ordinate to Funeral Choice , these are:

  • Traditional funeral – cremation/burying: Approximately 3 quarters of people in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland opt for a cremation funeral. In that location are a few legal requirements which need to be adhered to. For most people the practicalities and emotional strain of carrying out a funeral without support is too much, and and so a funeral director is appointed.

  • Direct Cremation: A direct cremation allows for the separation of the body disposal and the memorial/funeral service. Some people may likewise opt not to have a memorial. Information technology is by and large the lower cost option, but is as well often an selection made for reasons beyond the lower cost. The funeral director will arrange the cremation with the crematoria and render the ashes to the family within a few days.

  • Natural Burial: A burial can have place at a natural or woodland burial site. This allows far more than flexibility over timings and funeral anniversary. Natural burial grounds also provide families and friends with a peaceful location for subsequent visits.

  • DIY Funerals: Using a funeral director is not a legal requirement. You lot may wish to handle the arrangements yourself. Yous can do everything from collecting the person who has died from the mortuary to taking intendance of them at home, transporting them to the funeral, and even arranging a burial or cremation. You may come across resistance from professionals who may tell you lot that you accept to employ a funeral manager. This just isn't true. If you'd like to sort out the funeral yourself, talk to the Natural Death Centre Charity who will exist able to provide guidance and advocate on your behalf.