That could be a possibility. We received a modest discount for taking such a plan out together AND I also received a modest sum for every successful client I recommended to Age UK.
@susan_m one thing I would say if READ and understand what is not included it may be the one thing you want. Something you do not know you want.
I was going to have a simple plan , but decided to think of my Children and how they would feel about it . It didnt go down very well with them …so Ive gone for a Silver Plan with a Big name Company cost almost 4K, rather than a Family owned one that did my Husband , I found the FD to gossipy who did his .
Here the Local Authority invites Tenders from the Funeral Directors to provide a standard funeral service for a year
Yet for some reason the Council cannot/don’t advertise this service, also the successful Funeral Directors can’t/don’t advertise it either
You must ask the council, and only then they’ll provide you with the relevant information.
Like myself, most will think, that can’t be right…. Ask your local authority, as I would had thought all Councils would have to offer the same kind of service
The same standard service with the Funeral Director was almost half the standard charge a few years ago
Wills are very important. They also need to be well written and at the very least read and verified by a professional. Even though Mrs LD is legally qualified, after drafting ours out, we employed the services of someone independent and local from The Institute of Professional Will Writers to check everything and then print them out as well as register them.
We don’t we had our original will done by a solicitor and just update them when needed .
Registration is not a legal requirement in the U.K. .
The main thing is to have a will don’t die intestate it will leave your loved ones all sorts of trouble .
I am going to have a direct cremation. The plan covers a simple coffin, they will take my body straight the crematorium with no funeral service or anybody attending. I’d hate to put my family through a funeral ceremony and want them to remember me happily.
Then they’ll return my ashes and I’ve asked that my children and husband go together to scatter them in my two favourite places in the world, Tintagel in Cornwall and Westminster Bridge in London
The cost is approximately £1460 at today’s prices
I don’t like to think of this a time when I will no longer be here not dying perse but for everything I have failed to do in this life .I am very aware of time running out .
We have a plot already but we may die far away who knows
maree can you tell me about direct cremation, where did you find info and would you recommend them
I can recommend it personally because I haven’t used it yet! But my plan was to leave the money in a savings account and I’ve told the family to use the Co-op direct cremation service
I did use the local Co-op funeral directors for my mum and dads traditional funerals and they were very kind and professional
Here’s a link to their direct cremation service and what they provide. It sounds what I would want
If you want to pay for it in advance the Co-op do that through this company
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I think similar for me. Nothing fancy. In fact I’d ditch the coffin and just put my remains in the cremation pit. The one proviso is that there was body parts that could be useful for others or anything else.
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I agree, Besoeker…just chop me up, use what you can and use the rest to feed the earth. I won’t mind.
Pragmatic you are!
Cremation is, for most of us, the last chance to have a smokin’ hot body.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity.
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I do t like the idea of cremation I would like my body to return to the earth .
However as I will be dead it won’t matter that much .If I die overseas cremation is easier .
Thanks everyone. I just want it sorted and done . Simple and stress free for who ever it affects or not .
I’ll take a look when I get back home and sort it out
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I’ve told V that she’s to scatter my ashes in the River Severn at Bridgnorth so the Roman Goddess Sabrina (aka Hafren, the Welsh Goddess of the R. Severn) can look after me in the afterlife.
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Ooh, I think that would make me a bit jealous, no Roman Goddess hussy is going to look after my hubby, dead or alive!
She said Sabrina can do what she wants with me. 
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You lucky, lucky man 