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15 Feb 2024 | 3 min read

What age do I have to be to buy a funeral plan?

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14 Feb 2024 | 2 min read

How to start paying for your funeral now

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13 Feb 2024 | 2 min read

Why are direct cremations so popular?

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28 Nov 2023 | 2 min read

How to plan a low-cost funeral

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01 Jun 2023 | 2 min read

Shopping around for funeral services

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28 Apr 2023 | 3 min read

Three benefits of planning your own funeral

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20 Apr 2023 | 2 min read

Four reasons to buy a pre-paid funeral plan

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18 Apr 2023 | 3 min read

What is the most environmentally friendly funeral option?

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29 Mar 2023 | 3 min read

How Much Does a Funeral Cost in 2023?

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28 Feb 2023 | 3 min read

Traditional vs direct cremation: What's the difference?

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08 Nov 2022 | 3 min read

The future of funerals

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29 Jul 2022 | 1 min read

Golden Charter Financial Conduct Authorisation

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22 Jul 2022 | 2 min read

Average funeral costs vary across UK regions

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15 Jul 2022 | 4 min read

The most expensive funerals ever

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08 Jul 2022 | 2 min read

What is the ‘Death Positive’ movement?

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24 Jun 2022 | 2 min read

Will funeral live streaming continue?

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24 Jun 2022 | 4 min read

Interest in environmentally friendly funerals certain to grow

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17 Jun 2022 | 2 min read

Six tips for talking about death

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08 Jun 2022 | 2 min read

Six reasons to consider direct cremation

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02 Dec 2021 | 1 min read

FCA regulation of the funeral plan market

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21 Sep 2021 | 3 min read

Funeral plans vs savings and over 50s insurance

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06 Jul 2021 | 3 min read

Benefits of talking about death and dying with loved ones

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22 Jun 2021 | 3 min read

How to speak openly about end of life planning

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03 May 2021 | 2 min read

Operation Forth Bridge - Prince Philip's Funeral Plan

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18 Feb 2020 | 2 min read

Wedding planners, why not funeral planners?

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07 Feb 2020 | 2 min read

National Storytelling Week: John Fuller

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06 Feb 2020 | 2 min read

National Storytelling Week: Edward Poole

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03 Feb 2020 | 2 min read

National Storytelling Week: Helen Wathall, MBE

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01 Feb 2020 | 5 min read

National Storytelling Week: Ruth Jardine

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27 Jan 2020 | 3 min read

What is a living funeral?

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24 Jan 2020 | 3 min read

How to Write a Eulogy

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26 Nov 2019 | 3 min read

It's your funeral...

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19 Nov 2019 | 3 min read

Deciphering Cemetery Symbols

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12 Nov 2019 | 3 min read

How to choose readings for your funeral

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29 Oct 2019 | 2 min read

Are funeral plans better value than life insurance/savings?

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22 Oct 2019 | 3 min read

Is a funeral plan a good idea?

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03 Oct 2019 | 3 min read

How to choose flowers for a funeral

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12 Sep 2019 | 3 min read

Funeral rituals mix old and new

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05 Sep 2019 | 3 min read

What is a funeral celebrant?

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23 Jul 2019 | 3 min read

Six very different celebrity funerals

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13 Jun 2019 | 2 min read

How to choose a coffin

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11 Jun 2019 | 3 min read

The Queen’s funeral plans are already in place

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06 Jun 2019 | 2 min read

Why do we have funerals?

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30 May 2019 | 3 min read

How "individual" do you want your funeral to be?

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21 May 2019 | 3 min read

A short history of burials in Britain

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16 May 2019 | 3 min read

Why are more people choosing direct cremation?

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02 May 2019 | 3 min read

Modern memorials: Five ways of remembering

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23 Apr 2019 | 2 min read

How to choose the right funeral venues

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18 Apr 2019 | 3 min read

The expanding role of digital technology in family funerals

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16 Apr 2019 | 3 min read

Why bereavement shouldn’t be trivialised

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07 Mar 2019 | 3 min read

How much does a burial cost?

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28 Feb 2019 | 3 min read

How much does a cremation cost?

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14 Feb 2019 | 3 min read

The personal touch shaped 2018 funerals

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29 Nov 2018 | 3 min read

A short history of cremation in the UK

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06 Nov 2018 | 4 min read

Thank you from the Golden Charter network

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30 Oct 2018 | 5 min read

The everyday innovations that came from the First World War

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23 Oct 2018 | 3 min read

War Memorials commemorate sacrifice across the UK

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16 Oct 2018 | 2 min read

Location, location, location - Regional variations in funeral costs

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04 Oct 2018 | 3 min read

The cost of dying rises again

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18 Sep 2018 | 3 min read

Carol Smillie becomes celebrant at humanist funerals

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13 Sep 2018 | 2 min read

Supporting RBL and Poppyscotland for a third year

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11 Sep 2018 | 2 min read

Do animals grieve like humans?

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07 Aug 2018 | 2 min read

Videos let people play a part in their own funeral

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16 Jul 2018 | 2 min read

Breaking the taboo of funeral photos

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10 Jul 2018 | 3 min read

Funeral plan benefits are not a recent innovation

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26 Jun 2018 | 2 min read

Charitable donations in memory of a loved one

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13 Jun 2018 | 2 min read

Where would you scatter your ashes?

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22 May 2018 | 2 min read

Six memorable memorials

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14 May 2018 | 3 min read

Dying Matters Awareness Week 2018 – What can you do?

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10 May 2018 | 2 min read

Local funeral directors: a comforting arm when you need them

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01 May 2018 | 2 min read

What you need to know about direct cremation

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19 Apr 2018 | 2 min read

Thousands attend Winnie Mandela’s funeral in South Africa

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09 Apr 2018 | 2 min read

A short history of the Funeral Director profession

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03 Apr 2018 | 2 min read

The down-to-earth origins of forgotten funeral superstitions

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23 Mar 2018 | 2 min read

Work out how long you are likely to live

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20 Mar 2018 | 2 min read

Can you be sure your funeral costs will be covered?

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05 Mar 2018 | 3 min read

Six popular song choices at British funerals

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27 Feb 2018 | 2 min read

Are people in other countries better prepared for their funeral?

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15 Feb 2018 | 2 min read

What will you wear for your own funeral?

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31 Jan 2018 | 2 min read

Social Media for funerals and beyond

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30 Jan 2018 | 2 min read

Six popular funeral flowers

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09 Jan 2018 | 4 min read

Five types of funerals in the UK

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21 Dec 2017 | 2 min read

What is a grief journal and how does it help?

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19 Dec 2017 | 2 min read

What to wear to a funeral

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05 Dec 2017 | 2 min read

Is it OK to use the Dear Departed in adverts?

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21 Nov 2017 | 3 min read

Six Strange Deaths from History

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02 Nov 2017 | 1 min read

How the First World War changed the way we mourn

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26 Oct 2017 | 2 min read

What happens to your Facebook account after you've gone?

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19 Oct 2017 | 2 min read

What you need to know before you buy a pre-paid funeral plan

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05 Oct 2017 | 1 min read

Second year of our partnership with RBL and Poppyscotland

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31 Aug 2017 | 3 min read

Unusual Funeral Vehicles

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24 Aug 2017 | 2 min read

A Brief Guide to Obituaries

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15 Aug 2017 | 2 min read

Celebrating the Anniversary of a Death

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20 Jul 2017 | 2 min read

Euphemisms for dying

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15 Jun 2017 | 2 min read

Funerals in films

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01 Jun 2017 | 2 min read

Changing the tune at UK funerals

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18 May 2017 | 2 min read

Baby boomers: thinking differently about funerals

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10 May 2017 | 3 min read

Dying Matters - What can you do to help your loved ones

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05 May 2017 | 1 min read

Dying Matters Awareness Week: What Can You Do?

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02 May 2017 | 3 min read

Prince Harry shows it helps to talk

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