Having recently made a will I am now making arrange ments to pay for my 
funeral.We have all got to face up to the fact that we will all die 
sometime, so lets sort it out and then get on with the rest of our 
lives.What is the situation regarding  funeral grants to help, I understand 
that a funeral  can cost from £2000 upwards. How do I qualify ,apart from 
being dead in the first place ! I am on pension credits and  H/B. And are 
those pre payment schemes  that you see advertised by the funeral directors 
good thing..thank you ...cas

cas wrote:
> Having recently made a will I am now making arrange ments to pay for my 
> funeral.We have all got to face up to the fact that we will all die 
> sometime, so lets sort it out and then get on with the rest of our 
> lives.What is the situation regarding  funeral grants to help, I understand 
> that a funeral  can cost from £2000 upwards. How do I qualify ,apart from 
> being dead in the first place ! I am on pension credits and  H/B. And are 
> those pre payment schemes  that you see advertised by the funeral directors 
> good thing..thank you ...cas 
> 
> 


You don't get a funeral grant for dying! When you're dead your close 
relatives can apply to the Social Fund at the DWP for help with the cost 
of the funeral but it is in effect a loan recoverable against the 
estate. It's also subject to quite a strict means and other tests which 
may mean no payment is made.

As for pre-payment schemes, I suggest you contact an organisation like 
Help The Aged who run (as far as I'm aware) an advice line which can 
answer many queries about many things that relate to people of 
pensionable age.

-- 
Robbie

> How do I qualify ,apart from 
>> being dead in the first place ! 

If there is no cash available the state still pay for you to be burnt
I agree it is little more than a plastic bag in the oven - but if the
family can/will not pay you at least know you are not just rotting in
the street.

On 2 Dec, 14:16, Lon...@ezauza.com wrote:
> > How do I qualify ,apart from
> >> being dead in the first place !
>
> If there is no cash available the state still pay for you to be burnt
> I agree it is little more than a plastic bag in the oven - but if the
> family can/will not pay you at least know you are not just rotting in
> the street.

I asked this question once before on this group.  Is there any
financial liability for a relative to pay for a funeral? The advice I
got was that is if there wasn't sufficient funds in the deceased
estate then the local council would be liable. But surely if I had a
relative die and I arranged the funeral with a funeral director I
would be entering into a contract with them and I would then be
liable. Is that right? In such circumstances what is the best action
to take? Contract the local council before making funeral
arrangements? It would be a time when I would not be thinking clearly.

>But surely if I had a
>relative die and I arranged the funeral with a funeral director I
>would be entering into a contract with them and I would then be
>liable. Is that right?

You agree a contract - you pay for it.

> It would be a time when I would not be thinking clearly.

If it upsets you that much - you would want to pay for it.