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Funeral Plan

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The Age UK Guaranteed Funeral Plan takes care of funeral expenses and arrangements in advance. It is easy to understand and arrange. Pay ahead and you beat inflation by freezing funeral costs at today's prices.

Tailored for your needs

Before Age Concern merged with Help the Aged, we had already helped over 180,000 people to plan their funerals in advance. Age UK can do the same for you.
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  • Family and friends will not have to make difficult decisions and arrangements at an upsetting time.

  • There is no bill left for them to pay for the services covered by the Plan - we guarantee to cover these costs for a cremation funeral.

  • If you prefer a burial funeral, we can make arrangements (although the cost is not fully guaranteed).

  • Three individual Plans give you the option to tailor your Plan to suit your needs. You can also add special requests such as favourite hymns or readings.

  • The funds for your funeral will be securely held in an Independent Trust Fund that is separately and expertly managed.

  • The Age UK Guaranteed Funeral Plan (in association with Dignity- a well established leading UK provider of funeral plans) is registered with the Funeral Planning Authority. This is the official body that ensures all funds are safeguarded and the highest standards of conduct are followed.

  • No one is excluded from the Plan – the only requirement is that you are over 50 years of age. 

Our customers say

Mr Pearson

'I took out an Age Concern Funeral Plan** because I didn’t want to leave a bill for my family. I received the literature and thought, "What a good idea!" so I took it out!'

Funeral costs continue to rise - but an Age UK Guaranteed Funeral Plan is a way to beat inflation.

The cost of funerals is rising quicker than the interest on many people's savings.

 
Graph to show rising cost of funerals

* Source: Mintel Funeral Business Reports 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007 and Mintel Survey of Average Funeral Pricing 2004 and AXA Mintel Funeral Costs Survey 2009
† Dignity

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How to buy

 

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Call 0800 022 3243 for a brochure

(Please quote ref: ABB406AC) Lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.

Visit your local trading Age Concern or Age UK office***

to talk to someone face to face.

 

***Not all Age Concerns/Age UKs offer all Age Concern/Age UK Products. Please check (by telephoning your local office) before arranging a visit. Many Age Concerns are changing their name to Age UK.

**Age UK Funeral Plan was previously known as Age Concern Funeral Plan

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How to buy


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0800 022 3243

Lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday

• Visit your local trading Age Concern or Age UK office***

Age UK Guaranteed Funeral Plan


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Useful information to download

  • Read the terms and conditions of membership for the Age UK Guaranteed Funeral Plan.
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    Downloads

    What is a download?

    A download is a document (like a research report, a leaflet, or an application form) that can be transferred from our website to your computer. You can download a file, view it on your screen, print it, or save it to your computer.

    What is a PDF?

    PDF stands for ‘portable document format’.

    Most downloads on this website are PDFs. We use this format to ensure that the document looks the same on everyone’s computer (website pages, by contrast, appear differently depending on how people have got their computer set up).

    How do I download a PDF?

    Computers use a program called Adobe Acrobat Reader to download PDFs. If you try clicking on a link to download a PDF and it doesn’t work, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader onto your computer.

    How do I install Adobe Acrobat Reader?

    The process is quite straightforward and is free.

    1. Go to opens link in new window http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/
    2. Click ‘Download’.
    3. Wait for the window to offer you the option to ‘Run’, then choose this option.
    4. Click ‘Next’.
    5. Click ‘Install’
    6. Wait for the window to offer you the option to ‘Finish’, then choose this option.

    How do I change a download?

    PDFs cannot be changed. If you need to be able to type into a downloaded document (for example, if we are offering a letter template that you need to put your name on) we will provide it as a Microsoft Word document rather than a PDF. You can then download it, type into it and save it to your computer.

    How do I print or save a download?

    Downloads will open on your computer in a new browser window.

    Inside this window (below all your web browser menus), there will be a toolbar with options for you to print or save the document.

    Close the browser window to return to the Age UK website.

    Can my screen reader read PDF downloads?

    We have made every effort to make our PDFs accessible to screen readers. Here is an overview of your accessibility options available in Acrobat Reader. Please ensure that you have downloaded the latest version of Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Reader website to ensure that they are included in your version of the programme.

    You can use Adobe Reader to read a PDF out loud with the following shortcut keys:

    • Read the document: Shift +Ctrl+Y
    • Read the open page only: Shift +Ctrl+V
    • Read to the end of the document: Shift+Ctrl+B
    • Pause: Shift+Ctrl+C
    • Stop Shift+Ctrl+E

    You can also convert a PDF into a web page by following these steps:

    • Copy the URL (web address) of the document (right-click on the link and select ‘Save target as’ or ‘Copy link’).
    • Open the Adobe online conversion tool in your browser and paste the URL into the URL box.
    • Tick the HTML box on the Format option and click ‘Convert’.

    You can convert a PDF document into a text file for use with other software and hardware such as Braille printers by opening the PDF and choosing ‘Save as text’ from the File menu.


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