How to get a will if alone and have nobody to be witness or executor?

MovingForwards

Asked something very similar 6 years ago:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5099890/making-a-will-if-you-are-alone-dont-have-executor-or-witnesses/p1

Mojisola

Savvy_Sue said:

Does the estate have enough to pay for the funeral / pay for whatever the arrangements for the ashes are?
If not, there's no point making a will, because the hospital (if that's where they die) or the local authority will make arrangements for a Public Health Funeral, and no-one will be able to make any special arrangements. It's a perfectly respectful service, just no individual choices.

And the ashes are usually scattered in a set area of the crematorium gardens.

maman

What a strange response from OP when posters were simply stating facts and how the process works. If OP is asking a hypothetical question then they have the answer. If OP is personally involved then they could arrange a funeral according to the deceased's wishes. I'd be surprised if a friend or neighbour came forward offering to do this, the council wouldn't agree. If the OP is planning to write such a 'will' themselves then I'd assume it could be done through one of the many funeral plans advertised frequently. 

Malthusian

They had the answer six years ago but nobody gave them the opportunity to go off on one about poverty.

Maybe they finally found the Guardian's Comment Is Free section.

wilfred30

Heffalump said:

It's always nice to see how profoundly psychopathic the British public and British culture are.

Moving Forwards, you need to understand that your belief that if someone dies in poverty they are not human, and there are "no ashes to scatter" is frankly disgraceful.

And the belief that it's fine to allow no personal choices for anyone who dies in poverty is also chilling, it's not like it would cost the council any extra.

Don't bother replying, I won't be back and don't need reminding what a cruel and genuinely nasty place Britain is.

I think that's probably just as well given your extreme level of uncalled for rudeness.

MovingForwards

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/bereaved-family-friends/organising-funeral/funeral-payments

https://beyond.life/help-centre/funeral-costs/what-is-a-paupers-funeral-a-guide-to-public-health-funerals-in-the-uk/

For the benefit of OP when he/she looks again and for anyone else with the same query.

Fire_Fox

[Deleted User] said:

There is no estate, and no beneficiaries. The will is only to say what to do with the body and where to put the ashes.

Will the authorities really go and search for a paper copy of a will in someones house to know what to do with the body?

I think you're assuming the person has family etc to come and deal with that, who will check the house for a will, that's not the case.

What about people who are completely alone, ie have nobody? (I don't just mean they live alone but have relatives elsewhere)

Attach a copy of the wishes to the back of the main door to the property, rather than stashing it in a hidden spot. That is a standard place to post up information about pets or who to contact in case of emergency.

The vast majority of people have a friend or neighbour they know, if not blood relatives.