Pocket Funeral Guide
- Step-by-step guide for families, Executors and Administrators
- No legal jargon
- Signposting to verified organisations
A great tool to help families, executors and administrators understand their next steps when organising a funeral. The steps are free to use, have a wealth of information and are available online 24/7.
If you are in a position where you are about to organise a funeral, this service can be valuable to help you understand your next steps. If you have already organised a funeral before, you might not need this service. We’re here to answer any of your questions.
Free online tool to get jargon free guidance on your next steps when organising a funeral. For tools to help you on how to administer the estate take a look at the Executor Toolkit.
Pre funeral support
- Talk to a professional
- Jargon free advice about your next steps
- Signposting to verified organisations
Book a callback with a professional bereavement adviser who can talk to you about your next steps.
They can help you with questions about
- What to do immediately after someone has died
- Finding a Funeral Director
- Notifying organisations
- Getting organised for tasks that follow a Funeral
If you are in a position where you are about to organise a funeral, this service can be valuable to help you understand your next steps. If you have already organised a funeral before, you might not need this service. We’re here to answer any of your questions.
Free telephone conversation to get jargon free guidance on your next steps. For tools to help you on how to administer the estate take a look at the Executor Toolkit.
Our Terms and Conditions are located here
Post-funeral support
- Talk to a professional
- Jargon free advice about your next steps
- Free and discounted Probate support
Book a callback with a professional bereavement adviser who can talk to you about your next steps.
They can help you with questions about
- Estate Administration and Probate
- Selling and managing probate property
- Free and discounted Probate services available via Red Apple Law
This service is suitable for both simple estates and complex estates of any value. If you are an Executor, this service will help you understand your next steps and complete your tasks with confidence and in the full knowledge that everything is completed in accordance with the law. We’re here to answer any of your questions about Probate and Estate Administration.
Free telephone conversation to get jargon free guidance on your next steps. Your Bereavement Adviser will tell you if Probate is required for your circumstances, if so, they can give you a transparent indication of costs so that you can choose how you would like to proceed.
Our Terms and Conditions are located here
National Funeral Wishes Register
- Record wishes securely on a national database
- Step by step tool to record your funeral wishes
- Use voucher code AVIVA to apply your 25% discount
Search the National Funeral Wishes Register
The National Funeral Wishes Register is an online database of funeral wishes for the UK. Anyone can initiate a search to find out if their loved ones have left behind a record of what they would like to happen at their funeral.
Designed to relieve the burden of decision making for the bereaved at an already difficult time.
It is free to search and supported by an experienced bereavement team.
Add to the National Funeral Wishes Register
If you want to record your Funeral Wishes, you can use the online Funeral Wishes tool to tell people what you want (or what you don’t want) to happen at your funeral. Once complete, these will be added to the National Funeral Wishes Register automatically.
This service can give you the peace of mind of knowing that your plans are in place and that your loved ones can access them.
Search – Free
Create Funeral Wishes £24.99 one off | £18.75 with discount applied