Money Box Live: Saving for Your Send Off
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A lot of us like to save up for special occasions - a holiday, some home improvements - but, as we grow older, more of us think about saving for the costs that come after we die.
In fact, 69% of people make some sort of provision to help with the cost of their funeral, according to the financial services firm Sunlife.
And it's a big bill - more than £9,000 if you want a funeral and a wake or even a party afterwards.
Today on Money Box Live, we'll be talking about what kind of send off you might want from, woodland burials to tradition services as well as how to pay for it.
This week Felicity Hannah is joined by solicitor Gary Rycroft and Julian Ferguson from the Association of Green Funeral Directors.
Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producer: Sarah Rogers Researcher: Eimear Devlin Editor: Jess Quayle
(First broadcast 3pm, Wednesday 11th October, 2023)
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| 0:43.4 | Hello, a lot of us like to save up for special occasions, perhaps a holiday, maybe some |
| 0:48.1 | home improvements. |
| 0:49.2 | But as we grow older, more of us start thinking about saving for the costs that come after |
| 0:53.9 | we die. Today in this |
| 0:55.5 | Moneybox Live podcast, we'll be talking about how to save for your own send-off and whether you've |
| 1:00.5 | even considered what you might want at your funeral. It's a mixed bag for these people in Drummore |
| 1:05.6 | in Northern Ireland. I'm going to be cremated. I want when the ashes scattered in the Moorne Mountains, |
| 1:10.4 | which has been my playground for this past 40 odd years. My wife has been given strict instructions, even though she says that she never want to do it because I'm not going to be there, so how will a sense and then I don't know I guess got a plaque put on to it so like it can't be cut down |
| 1:31.8 | again I know I don't want people to wear black and it's more like a celebration of life rather than |
| 1:35.3 | anything else they decide for me I don't make any difference to me what they do I not know what |
| 1:41.5 | they're doing well you may not know what they're doing. Well, you may not know what they're doing, but at least saving some cash can mean, you know, they aren't struggling to do it. |
| 1:48.4 | I would love to hear about your situation today. |
| 1:50.8 | Are you all planned and paid for, or is it hard enough just covering the costs while you're alive without worrying about what comes next? |
| 1:58.0 | Maybe you have a question about the options and the costs for our |
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