...new free child funeral policy, providing additional funding support for thousands of bereaved parents of children up to the age of 18.
Every year more 5,000 families lose a child – and because this loss is often sudden or unexpected, paying for funeral director services and third party costs can leave many bereaved parents in a difficult position financially.
Over the last 30 years, Funeralcare has helped around 25,000 families who have lost a child under the age of 16 by not making any charge for its funeral director services, an approach also adopted by other funeral providers across the UK.
Now the co-op has now further drawn upon its experience in supporting bereaved parents with a new policy on free child funerals. This will:
• extend free children’s funeral services to 16 and 17 year olds • increase the options available to families as part of its free child funerals service •commit to online transparency on its free child funerals policy, providing families who are concerned about cost with peace of mind...
All comments (29)
misterboumsong
23 Mar 17#1
not a "deal" anyone wants to use surely....
seb
23 Mar 17#2
hopefully not, mister.
but at least it's a slight lessening of the financial load if the very worst happens.
afnoor
23 Mar 17#3
very depressing..
whitechick58
23 Mar 17#4
Extremely morose!
sam_of_london
23 Mar 17#5
This is very cruel.
g8spur
23 Mar 17#6
How is this cruel? Many products are designed for a scenario no-one would wish on their worst enemy however for some poor people it's a fact of life and a reduced financial burden, whilst not making the situation any better, can prevent making things worse.
waterloo
23 Mar 17#7
What a weird morbid macabre post oO
radium
23 Mar 17#8
This is actually a very good post. Funeral costs are very high in this country and plenty of people can't afford them. At a most stressful time in their lives the loss of a loved one is only added to by financial worries. I have in the past donated money for strangers funerals.
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Every year more 5,000 families lose a child – and because this loss is often sudden or unexpected, paying for funeral director services and third party costs can leave many bereaved parents in a difficult position financially.
Over the last 30 years, Funeralcare has helped around 25,000 families who have lost a child under the age of 16 by not making any charge for its funeral director services, an approach also adopted by other funeral providers across the UK.
Now the co-op has now further drawn upon its experience in supporting bereaved parents with a new policy on free child funerals. This will:
• extend free children’s funeral services to 16 and 17 year olds
• increase the options available to families as part of its free child funerals service
•commit to online transparency on its free child funerals policy, providing families who are concerned about cost with peace of mind...
All comments (29)
but at least it's a slight lessening of the financial load if the very worst happens.