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Pre-pay funerals

We have lost 2 good friends over the past 2 months which got us thinking about funerals and costs.
The wife and I have no savings and to pay for a funeral for either of us would mean selling assets like the car and furniture. We have only one other relative in the UK and we cannot expect her to pay as they have a young family.
We are on Pension Credit and got some quotes from Sun Life, but the cost is £30 per month each. We cannot afford to pay that sort of money every month for a few years.
We don't really want to take advantage of the grant as that may have to be paid back out of the estate. Can any one advise on pre-payment plans? Thanks

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  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,364 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I think you may have misunderstood "Old Style":A

    I've moved this to the correct forum for you

    thanks
    Zip

    Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere (please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com"]forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL].
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  • hcb42
    hcb42 Posts: 5,962 Forumite
    the best bet might be to just save what you can, I have arranged three funerals in the last few years (cremations) and these were all around £2-2K-2.5K from the same local undertakers.
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