Coping with finances and grief when a loved one dies
Coping with the death of a loved one is one of life’s most stressful events imaginable – not only because of the psychological grieving process, but because of the financial challenges that can be incurred as well.
After fuel poverty, is funeral poverty next?
With funeral expenses now costing an average of £7,622*, there has been an increase in demand for 'paupers' burials', prompting recent media coverage asking 'Can you afford to die?' So, what's going on?