The importance of funeral planning

Posted on October 20, 2011 by admin

Mass graves and headstonesMore recent articles about making Funeral Arrangments and planning a funeral. Don;t forget you can use our FREE ONLINE FUNERAL PLANNING SERVICE.

Significance of Funeral Insurance
Really most of the people are not looking forward to planning for their death, but when you realize the benefits of having funeral insurance, you may understand the important of certain proactive steps. Funeral insurance can also be termed as pre-planned insurance plan or burial insurance, which is a part … Read more (562 words)

Difference Between a Funeral and Memorial Services
Making funeral arrangements for a perished loved ones, or pre-planning your own funeral or memorial service can be a confusing and overwhelming task. When making funeral arrangements, one of the first questions you should ask yourself is what type of service is preferred. Though the terms funeral and memorial service … Read more (606 words)

How to choose a burial casket or coffin
Death is generally followed by overbearing sorrow and distress, leaving family and friends inconsolable and emotionally overwhelmed by the death of a loved one. The concept of funeral planning stems from people trying to refrain from leaving loved ones to shoulder the burden of making decisions at such a difficult … Read more (591 words)

Types of Funeral Caskets
If you happen to be limited with funds during the funeral arrangements for your perished loved ones, you can still produce a sincere tribute. Support of your dearest ones can tremendously help you in coming up with imaginative methods to decorate a basic casket. Death may commonly occur unexpectedly, but … Read more (405 words)

Funeral Customs of Various Cultures
Customs and responses to death and beliefs surrounding it tend to vary widely across the world. In all gilds, however, whether customs prescribe overt displays of grief or restrained behavior, the issue of death brings into focus certain fundamental cultural values. This article describes the richness and variety of funeral … Read more (803 words)

The Eulogy. The most important part of a funeral
Eulogy is a speech at a funeral service to recollect the life and achievements of the perished. The best eulogies come from the heart and are written and delivered by someone close to the perished, so it does not need perfect sentence structure or grammar to be a good eulogy. Amount … Read more (511 words)

Sympathy Flowers that Last Longer
For those who have lost a cherished, a funeral service is of extreme importance. Grief counselors will tell you that family and friends need a chance to get together to grieve for their loss and to share their love for and memories of the perished. It is very comforting to … Read more (588 words)

Making Funeral Plans for the First Time
When a cherished one dies, there are certain steps that must be taken to getting prepared for a Funeral Ceremony of a cherished one. These include contacting the funeral service, the florists, obituary publishers and etc. However, here are some steps to take when a cherished one does pass.Death of Cherished … Read more (510 words)

Make Funeral Arrangements Early to avoid Problems
Pre-arranged funeral plans have become popular. This will let you to pre-arrange your funeral so that the burden of making lots of decisions will not rest upon your relatives when you are gone. It is also a way for you to be able to control or select among the options … Read more (496 words)

Funeral Readings For Funeral Tributes
The loss of life of a cherished one is without a doubt a highly painful and emotionally tolling experience, regardless of whether they had been family or friend. If you happen to be here, then you must be hunting for funeral readings in order to pay tribute to the remembrance … Read more (504 words)

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UK Social Fund Can Help with Funeral Costs

Posted on September 7, 2011 by admin

Help with Funeral Costs: If you’re on a low income in the UK and need help to pay for a funeral you’re arranging, you may be able to get a Funeral Payment from the Social Fund. But you might have to repay some or all of it from the estate of the person who died.

The Direct.Gov.Uk website has full details on who can and how to claim:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/Bereaved/DG_10018660

Who is eligible for A Funeral Payment?

For UK residents and funerals. To be eligible, the person who died must have been ordinarily resident in the UK and the funeral must usually be in the UK.

You may be able to get a Funeral Payment but it depends on the benefits you’re getting, your relationship with the person who died and any other money, other than your personal savings, that may be available to help with the cost of the funeral.
Benefits and tax credits

You may be eligible for a Funeral Payment from the Social Fund if you or your partner are getting any of the following benefits or tax credits:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Pension Credit
  • Housing Benefit
  • Council Tax Benefit (or the Council Tax payer where you live gets a Second Adult Rebate because you are on a low income)
  • Working Tax Credit which includes a disability or severe disability element
  • Child Tax Credit at a rate higher than the family element

Also be aware that the deceased  loved ones may be able to claim Bereavement Benefit: See here for more details if your husband, wife or civil partner has died you may be able to get Bereavement Payment, a one-off, lump-sum payment of £2,000 that’s tax-free.

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A Flexible and Affordable Pre-pay Funeral Plan

Posted on August 6, 2011 by admin

Funerals To Die For, the established free online funeral arrangement service, have designed and announced a new Pre-pay Funeral Plan. Read about it on our main website – or send an enquiry to us via our CONTACT FORM.

Remember too that signed-up members of Funerals To Die For get a FREE WILL WRITING SERVICE too… all part of us breaking the traditional and costly ways of old to Funeral Planning… try it, IT REALLY IS FREE !!

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More Funeral Arrangement Tips…

Posted on June 2, 2011 by admin

Greiving by the graveFuneral etiquette. How to behave at a funeral?
Funeral Planning: Funerals are difficult for everyone, it is always an elusive and emotional occasion. General rules of manners seem inadequate for a funeral. By following a few simple rules you can make it a little easier on yourself and others.Dress code:Funeral is a formal occasion not a party. Dress … Read more (624 words)

What to do with the flowers after a funeral
Funeral Plans: Funerals are occasions where flowers abound. They are brought to bring beauty and honor to the perished one. If you’ve ever been in charge of taking care of funeral arrangements and clean-ups, you have probably looked at all of the beautiful flowers, floral arrangements, and plants that are … Read more (492 words)

Elements of a Christian funeral service
Funeral Planning: Funerals are a fact of life. Sooner or later everyone will ultimately come to the end of their life and pass away. The fact may seem cold but it is the nature of this world. Everything that now lives will one day die. It is a fact we … Read more (569 words)

Funeral Gift Ideas – Instead of sending Flowers
Funeral Flowers: When someone passes away people usually send flowers to the funeral home to show their concern and love for the family. This is a tradition that has lived on for a very long time, but these days flowers are very expensive, and most of them are disposed of … Read more (571 words)

Funeral Planning. Modes to get help with Funeral Expenses
Life Insurance: At the end of life, you desire to honor your loved ones with a proper funeral. You want to celebrate life and treat the perished with honor, dignity and respect. Unfortunately, funeral arrangements can be very pricey, especially if your loved one has little or no life insurance. … Read more (380 words)

Types of Funeral Flowers
Flowers play a significant role in cultures throughout the world, especially when it comes to expressing condolences for the demise of a friend or an loved one. Funerals or other kinds of melancholic occasion require the use of appropriate flowers. Deciding which to choose entails knowing the meaning of the … Read more (523 words)

Top Green Funeral Tips
Though funerals are a certainly a solemn occasion, it can often help to make them more positive by approaching them with a green mindset. Whether your perished loved one has planned to have a green funeral or you are able to make that decision on your own, there are many … Read more (624 words)

Tips On Organizing A Funeral
When loved ones pass away, you’ll want to make sure that they have the funeral they deserve. If the perished loved one had clear instructions regarding their funeral it will help with some of the decision making. Here are the main aspects you need to consider when Planning a Funeral.Showing: … Read more (571 words)

Different Types Of Caskets And Cremation Containers
Caskets and Cremation containers are coming in a wide variety of styles and different models such as Asian, Buddhist, Catholic, Hispanic, Hmong, Islamic, Jewish, Molokan, Mormon, Protestant, child, cloth-covered, metal, oversize, solid woods, Dracula and Old West. The type of casket you buy is what normally determines it’s price. … Read more (458 words)

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Funeral Plans. Don’t leave it too late.

Posted on May 4, 2011 by admin

Are you aged 50 to 80? Then you are probably thinking about your funeral and probably have done very little about it right?

No one wants to leave their loved ones alone with funeral arrangements and costs at what is already a difficult time. But incredibly the majority of us leave such matters to loved ones.

The FTDF alternative

Thank fully, that’s slowly changing, as people realise it’s prudent and correct to help plan their own funeral. “Funerals To Die For” are part of that new movement, planning ahead and being pro-active in all aspects of your life (and death!).  So we will be releasing details of our “FTDF Pre-pay Funeral Plan” very soon.

Well it’s still on the drawing board but this new plan will enable you to put essential cremation funeral services in place that suit your needs and your pocket.  Have a look, see what is included. > http://www.funerals-to-die-for.co.uk/services-funeral-plans.shtml.

We have been working on developing a new form of pre-paid funeral plan for FTDF which protects the value of the money set-aside, takes out the multiple tiers of profit taking and allows full flexibility over which funeral services are used. It will only be available to FTDF members.

We have used a professional fund manager to set up a special FTDF fund which uses ultra safe investments to generate a yield that will exceed the annual rate of inflation and protect the value of any money that you set aside for your funeral. It actively avoids volatile instruments, like the stock market and derivatives, preferring proven fixed-rate interest bearing investments. Against a target of 5% annual growth, the fund is currently returning 7%.

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Go Articles about Funeral Services and Planning

Posted on April 30, 2011 by admin

Funeral Hearse and Funeral FlowersWe often write and publish articles about the different aspects of funeral planning and making funeral arrangements. Here is a sample list: Which we’ll update periodically.

Tips for Writing an howling Obituary
Generally writing an obituary is not an pleasant task,but still it’s an important one. While composing an obituary, you are going to do two things, informing the world that the person in question is dead and letting the reader to know just a little bit about what the perished person … Read more (536 words)

Things to Know about Funeral Planning
Everyone has opt for a dignified funeral, where they will be praised and honored in the presence of family and friends. Death is one of life’s poignant inevitabilities. While facing the unfortunate responsibility of planning a funeral, one needs to consider several legal, financial and organizational obligations.Steps for planning a … Read more (583 words)

Plan your Own Funeral – Creating a Smart End of Life Plan
Most people don’t even like to think about their own mortality. Planning your own funeral means admitting that you will indeed one day die. It also means getting what you desire for the right price while offering yourself and your loved ones peace of mind. If you have considered planning … Read more (644 words)

Funeral Services – How They Work
Death of a family member is an traumatic experience to any family. In that dolorous situation, preparing for the funeral is also an emotionally tough task. However, we are not able to decide the life span of beloved one, we need to accept the irreparable loss and making appropriate funeral … Read more (403 words)

Checklists for Funeral Arrangements
Planning a funeral for the death of a loved one can be extremely overwhelming, No one wants to talk about death, much less people are making the funeral plans for a loved one who is terminally ill. But this will give you and your family member peace of mind, help … Read more (735 words)

Useful Funeral Tips and Facts
Funeral service is one of the biggest purchases a person will make. People should take their time and not be pressured into buying funeral services that they don’t need or want and that they may end up spending years to pay off. To help our customers to make smarter choices … Read more (578 words)

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Funeral Planning and Arrangements

Posted on April 27, 2011 by admin

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Quick Mention….

Posted on April 20, 2011 by admin

Our ‘sister sites … for Funerals To Die For… more coming soon:

http://www.funerals-to-die-for.co.uk
http://funeralstodiefor.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/#!/funeralstodie
http://twitter.com/#!/FTDF2011

And Funeral Plan Insurance is available now.

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Workshop on Funeral Planning

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

How novel and practical… The First Parish Congregational Church in Yarmouth will host a free funeral planning workshop to cover how to discuss funeral arangements with loved ones, plan a memorial service, write an obituary, keep important papers safe, and plan memorials, cremation, calling hours and cemeteries.

Senior pastor the Rev. Kent Allen and associate pastor the Rev. Kate Dalton will lead the discussion at the church.

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Hearse To Road Rage!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

It’s been nick-named ‘Hearse Rage’ ! Co-operative Funeralcare have found that almost 75% of funeral care staff have seen an increase in discourteous behaviour towards funeral processions in the past five years.

“The situation has got increasingly worse, with more traffic on today’s roads and people’s busier lifestyles. Road users tend to be so impatient nowadays and their main concern is to get to their end destination as quickly as possibly, regardless of other traffic.” said David Collingwood .

One in six motorists even saw the slow-moving cavalcades be on the receiving end of more disrespectful actions, including rude hand gestures, verbal abuse or other threatening behaviour.

There is a story that a bus driver interrupted a funeral in Welling, South-east London. Grieving relatives described how the horse-drawn hearse and limousines were yards away from the cemetery when the driver cut through the procession and shouted obscenities before driving his bus into the funeral director!  CRAZY!

(The Independent – April 2011)

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