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Help with funeral costs

If you’re on a low income and need help to pay for a funeral you’re arranging, you could get a Funeral Payment benefit. The payment is intended to help pay for the funeral and is recoverable from the deceased person's estate if they have left one. We can help guide you through this process, however below are just a few steps to get you going.

  •    STEP ONE    
  •    STEP TWO    
  •    STEP THREE   
  •    STEP FOUR   
   STEP ONE    

What you will get?

How much you will get depends on your circumstances. The Funeral Payment can help pay for:

Burial fees
Cremation fees, including doctors certificate
Up to £700 for funeral expenses. For example, coffin, flowers.
Travel to arrange or to get to the funeral
The costs of moving the body within the UK- put only for part of the journey that's over 50 miles

If the person that died had a pre-payment plan, you'll only get help for the items not covered on the plan. Usually, if the funeral director hasn't been paid it will pay them. If the funeral director has been paid the money will go in to your bank account.

   STEP TWO    

Eligibility

To be eligible you must be responsible of the funeral and:

Claim in time
Get certain benefits of tax credits
Meet the rules of your relationship with the deceased
The rules are different if it's someone who lives outside of the UK

You must apply within 3 months of the funeral. You can make the claim even if you're waiting on a decision on qualifying benefits. How much you can get also depends on any other money available, eg from insurance policy or the deceased's estate.

If there is a close relative of the deceased that isn't getting one of the qualifying benefits you may not be able to claim.

For more information, please visit the following website links:

Bereavement Support Payment
Funeral Expenses Payment
   STEP THREE   

Benefits & tax credits

You (or your partner) must get one of the following:

Income support
Income-based jobseekers allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Pension Credit
Housing Benefit
The disability or severe disability element for Working Tax Credit
   STEP FOUR   

How can I claim?

To claim the Funeral Payment:

By post - send an SF200 to your local Jobcentre plus
By phone - only if you're the surviving partner

Bereavement Service Hotline : 0842 606 0265

You must apply within 3 months of the funeral. You can make the claim even if you're waiting on a decision on qualifying benefits. You must have an invoice from a funeral director to claim (not an estimate.)

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PRE-PAYMENT FUNERAL PLANS

Leave nothing to chance

Pre-Paid plans are already established as the caring and responsible way of making funeral arrangements in advance. Golden Charter Pre-paid funeral plans offer not only the opportunity to select and plan the arrangements of your choice but also to pay for them at today's prices.

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