Safe Hands Funeral Plan

pallyman

I was considering one of these plans but holding of till they government regulation.

p00hsticks

Deleted_User said:

That's true. But one of the main benefits of a funeral plan (apart from locking in prices) is making things vastly easier for whoever had to organise the funeral.  

I'm not sure about exactly what these funeral plans cover, but I'd be surprised if it makes it that much easier than what would be done by a local funeral director in conjunction with writing down your wishes - in your will or elsewhere - with regard to what sort of form you want your funeral to take.

Having had to help organise one myself recently, I think the trickiest bits were deciding things like what music and readings to have, who to invite (we were restricted to 30 due to covid), where the wake should be etc, and I don't believe a funeral plan would have helped with any of that over and above the deceased having written it all down on a piece of paper beforehand.  

p00hsticks

FYI, there's at least one thread on a similar subject over on the 'Death, Funerals and Probate' board

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6336589/pre-paid-funeral-plan-with-safe-hands#latest

sheramber

My husband's funeral plan covered all the costs of the cremation except the flowers.

That included the cost of collecting the body, the cost of the coffin and hearse to take the coffin 100 miles to the nearest crematorium,  crematorium cost and celebrant costs, the cost of the wake in a hotel near the crematorium, 

born_again

pallyman said:

I was considering one of these plans but holding of till they government regulation.

TBH. Rather than pay one of these companies who will be making money from this. Simply set aside a certain amount in a savings account. 

greyteam1959

born_again said:

pallyman said:

I was considering one of these plans but holding of till they government regulation.

TBH. Rather than pay one of these companies who will be making money from this. Simply set aside a certain amount in a savings account. 

Which is if course the most sensible thing to do.

Me_2

Linda27858 said:

Me_2 said:

Linda27858 said:

Today both my husband and I received a letter each stating that Safe Hands were now in the hands of the administrators.  We were not given much information. We have plowed into these two plans about £4000.  We now are set to lose the lot.  My husband has retired and I am fast approaching retirement age.  We now have to think again about the funeral cover. But who do we trust to do this?  Is there any way of getting any money back?  We were told that our money would be held in trust?  But we believe that this is now the case.  Any thoughts on any redress we might be able to take?

Did you take the plan out with a deposit payment made on a credit or debit card?

Were the plans paid in full, or did you pay them off over a number of months by Direct Debit?

Te plans were being paid by direct debit  I enquired 4 weeks ago about paying it off.  Thank goodness i didnt

Can you claim back your Direct Debit payments to date under the DD Guarantee - citing fraud. Customers were clearly told all funds were kept and protected in a Trust - which has turned out to be a bit of a lie. That's obtaining money by deception in my view.

user1977

Me_2 said:

Linda27858 said:

Me_2 said:

Linda27858 said:

Today both my husband and I received a letter each stating that Safe Hands were now in the hands of the administrators.  We were not given much information. We have plowed into these two plans about £4000.  We now are set to lose the lot.  My husband has retired and I am fast approaching retirement age.  We now have to think again about the funeral cover. But who do we trust to do this?  Is there any way of getting any money back?  We were told that our money would be held in trust?  But we believe that this is now the case.  Any thoughts on any redress we might be able to take?

Did you take the plan out with a deposit payment made on a credit or debit card?

Were the plans paid in full, or did you pay them off over a number of months by Direct Debit?

Te plans were being paid by direct debit  I enquired 4 weeks ago about paying it off.  Thank goodness i didnt

Can you claim back your Direct Debit payments to date under the DD Guarantee - citing fraud. Customers were clearly told all funds were kept and protected in a Trust - which has turned out to be a bit of a lie. That's obtaining money by deception in my view.

No, that's not something the DD guarantee covers. It's only "fraud" for its purposes if the DD hadn't been authorised by you.

appaftettey

Hello I'm new to this forum. But have ben following Martin for a long time. 

Please can anyone shed some information on how else to get my mother's Safe hands 

fully paid plan. We paid by Debit card at the time.  Apparently I can nor get any assistance from my bank as its over thee 120 day for them to make a claim dispute. 

We have filled in the form sent by Safe Hands for a refund, but have heard nothing since.

My mother is 85. The whole reason we done this plan was to secure something in place for her as we lost my dad suddenly in 2020. 

Any advice or information on Safe hands administration would be very helpful. 

Thank you

 

Aylesbury_Duck

appaftettey said:

Hello I'm new to this forum. But have ben following Martin for a long time. 

Please can anyone shed some information on how else to get my mother's Safe hands 

fully paid plan. We paid by Debit card at the time.  Apparently I can nor get any assistance from my bank as its over thee 120 day for them to make a claim dispute. 

We have filled in the form sent by Safe Hands for a refund, but have heard nothing since.

My mother is 85. The whole reason we done this plan was to secure something in place for her as we lost my dad suddenly in 2020. 

Any advice or information on Safe hands administration would be very helpful. 

Thank you

 

I think the administration period ends today, so presumably you'll hear something soon.  All the current information is on the link provided in the earlier post: https://www.safehandsplans.co.uk/ 

I'm afraid you're in the queue with everyone else, awaiting your share of any sum there is left to dispense.  I suspect it will be minimal or possibly even nothing, sorry.