The sensitive subject of planning for your funeral is an area most people want to avoid, we offer the much needed help and support to make the process easier.
There are many reasons why you decide to plan your funeral and the most important one is to make sure the family knows your every wish for the funeral and how your life can be celebrated.
It will allow you to enjoy the rest of your life having the peace of mind that everything is in order.
All your wishes will be listed and available in a treasured journal, all your personal wishes will be available for your family to follow and it will prevent family arguments and they follow everything you want.
In certain instances where you have no family the journal will be passed to your friends and carers to make sure all the wishes are followed.
The journal we produce will cover all the essential areas including practical instructions to make sure your full estate is administered by the executors in the best and most sensible way and reducing any areas of indecision.
This document will sit next to your Will with the Solicitor and be available to your family and friends on your passing.
During our meeting we can discuss your thoughts and decide what you may want to happen. We can plan the type of funeral, discuss the benefits of a pre-paid funeral plan, explain why it is necessary to have a Will and look at other legal services, offer financial advice from our independent financial advisor, make a choice about flowers or donations, define your own personal funeral service, plan a receptions to celebrate your life and lots more.
The meeting will allow you to list down lots of answers to a number of key questions which you may not have been considered essential but will support your plans and wishes and help your family and friends when you pass on.
Sample Questions:
What type of funeral service, Religious or Humanist?
Pre Funeral gathering?
Poetry, Quotes, Readings (Be conscious that a eulogy will be read, you may want to choose the people in advance and the content)?
Music: Live or Recorded (This is linked to the funeral theme) Do you want a choir, instruments or a singer (all or part)?
The location of the Will (home, lawyer, accountant?) Let someone know where it is stored
Who are the executors? (Their names, addresses, telephone/mobile number, email addresses)
Do you have a Bank Vault?
The combination of your House Safe?
Where is your outside Storage unit?
What is the name of your Pension provider?
Insurance documents are filed where?
There are many questions we ask in order to have a complete understanding of your wishes and we list all the practical details to support the estate management. We will produce a comprehensive document and arrange the secure storage of the journal with your solicitor or family. We can also securely store in our offices, if required.
The Funeral Planning Journal is a document which will serve as your Letter of Wishes, and offer your family and executors complete clarity at a time when they will be stressed and needing assistance.
We will sit with you and give you time to the finish all the answers to the important questions and will arrange further visits if more time is required.
In our experience we know this will help your loved ones find the answers to all those important questions as they make arrangements.
