MyFuneral™

We make things simple

Why is it important to write down your funeral wishes?

• At some point you will die.

  After you have passed away, your family and loved ones are faced with the administrative headache of managing your financial affairs. But sometimes the most difficult part of your passing is the emotional toll of planning a funeral. Your family may be grieving; it is possible that your death was a traumatic experience for your loved ones. It is unfortunate that at their most vulnerable time, those closest to you will be faced with countless decisions, each of which will make their loss more painful. These decisions will be coming at a time that they are the least equipped to deal with them.

• You may have discussed in general terms whether you would like to be buried or cremated.

  But have you clearly communicated decisions like the cost of your funeral service? Your funeral expenses are usually paid out of your estate, so often it is considered to be free money, but it may pain you to think of your funeral service costing over £10,000. Money that you have spent your life accumulating.

• You may have very specific wishes for the style of funeral service, who should be there, favourite readings or songs to be played.

  You may not feel comfortable sharing them with your family right now, but with our MyFuneral™ service, you can document everything and then get your instructions to the right people at the right time, and not before.

• You make the decisions.

  Using the MyFuneral™ service, you can make it clear whether you want to be buried or cremated, where you would like the service to be held, whether you want your ashes to be placed in a location that is special to you. You can make it clear how much should be spent on your funeral, your organ donation decisions, and much more. We will guide you through these decisions and you can decide how much or how little instruction you wish to pass on to your family and loved ones.

• Have you ever been to a funeral and thought "I hope my service is nothing like this one"?

  You may have had private thoughts about how you want to be remembered. Your funeral should reflect your life and character and be personalised to your values.

• You are able to spare your family the difficult decisions associated with costs.

  Even though your funeral expenses are paid from your estate, this is money that is not going to your favourite charity or to your nephew. If you do not make these decisions for yourself, then your family can be manipulated into spending way too much money on your funeral, because they are led to believe that the cost of your funeral represents your value to them. These are decisions that should not be made by a grieving family.

• There is no requirement to answer all of the questions within the MyFuneral™ service.

  You may feel that some questions are not relevant to you. That's fine. Any guidance you can give to your family and loved ones will be appreciated.

• You may even change your mind about some of these decisions.

  No problem. You can just login to your account at LegalWills.co.uk at any time, and update your funeral wishes all the time you have an active account with us.