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What are the benefits of a prepaid funeral plan?

Funeral & Memorial

What are the benefits of a prepaid funeral plan?

A prepaid funeral plan can help protect your family from the unexpected cost and distress of arranging an 'at need' funeral. We take a look at why it is a product we should all...More

By
Paul Hensby
Why use a funeral celebrant?
Funeral & Memorial

Why use a funeral celebrant?

Lesley Close explores the changing face of funerals and why so many people are choosing funeral celebrants rather than traditional church...More

By
Lesley Close
Funeral poverty risk to low income families and the elderly
Funeral & Memorial

Funeral poverty risk to low income families and the elderly

Rising funeral costs, lack of savings and low income have put UK families in financial difficulty when dealing with bereavement writes...More

By
Rosie Inman-Cook
How a direct funeral offers you choice
Funeral & Memorial

How a direct funeral offers you choice

Anything goes with funerals these days, writes Rosie Inman-Cook. That applies to both parts of a 'funeral', the essential disposal of the...More

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Rosie Inman-Cook
Live long, die green and leave a biodegradable corpse
Funeral & Memorial

Live long, die green and leave a biodegradable corpse

Robert John Young looks at increasing awareness of and demand for green or eco funerals -...More

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Final Choices editorial
- 16 November 2017
What is a ‘natural’ burial?
Funeral & Memorial

What is a ‘natural’ burial?

More and more people are rethinking traditional burial methods. Fathima Simjee asks why – and...More

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Final Choices editorial
Consumers beware against failing funeral plan providers
Funeral & Memorial

Consumers beware against failing funeral plan providers

FSCS protects consumers when financial services firms fail but is unable to safeguard consumer...More

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Final Choices editorial
- 7 September 2017
From mummification to 'sky burials': why we need death rituals
Funeral & Memorial

From mummification to 'sky burials': why we need death rituals

Jonathan Jong examines our enduring need for death rituals and suggests they serve the same...More

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Final Choices editorial
- 7 August 2017
Watching funerals streamed online offers a new way to deal with death
Funeral & Memorial

Watching funerals streamed online offers a new way to deal with death

Andréia de Sousa Martins looks at how technology can help families experience a funeral whatever...More

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Final Choices editorial
- 18 July 2017
New star rating system for prepaid funeral plans
Funeral & Memorial

New star rating system for prepaid funeral plans

Would you know which prepaid funeral plan would work best for you? Defaqto has launched a new...More

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Final Choices editorial
- 25 May 2017
Five laws about the dead that may spook you
Funeral & Memorial

Five laws about the dead that may spook you

Death touches everyone at some stage during their lives, and usually more than once. It also...More

By
Heather Conway
What to do with the ashes of a loved one after a cremation
Funeral & Memorial

What to do with the ashes of a loved one after a cremation

After a cremation, what do you do with the ashes? Families are finding ever-more creative ways to...More

By
Paul Hensby
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