Amanda-Louise Funeral Directors - Our Transparent Information About Funeral Costs

Our essentials only package(s)include:-

Pure Cremation – Ashes Only Cremation Package £1395 includes:-

·       Local collection (based on up to 25 mile radius) of the person who has died in office hours (otherwise surcharge of £50), to be cared for in our clinical mortuary in our funeral home (based on up to 14 nights)(please note that viewing in the chapel of rest will not be possible with this package)

·       An arranged funeral discussion with you, typically by telephone or in our funeral home

·       Completion of all arrangements with our personal and professional supervision throughout

·       Provision of a suitable coffin made from wood product

·       Wrapping the person who has die i n a simple white shroud provided by us

·       A cremation service at a time and place of our choosing

·       Funeral announcement on our website page

·       The services of our staff throughout the funeral

·       Transporting coffin to crematorium by direct route in our private hearsette – no family or friends present

·       We collect ashes on your behalf,if required, and you collect from our funeral home within 1 month andassistance in choosing and purchasing (additional cost) a scatter tube, urnmemory bear, jewellery etc as keepsake

·       Provision of complimentary aftercare and advice provided by SAIFCare, and access to our bereavement support groups in Minehead

·       Includes cremation fee*

Please Note

Our Ashes Only Package is very simple and does not allow for any visiting of your loved-one in our chapel of rest prior to the cremation. There is also no cremation service ceremony at the Crematorium, so no mourners are allowed to attend the committal.

The included fee of cremation may change as they are independently set costs by crematorium, we will let you know if they have increased their charge which will be payable by you. You are welcome to book our  Minehead Funeral Package if you want to hold a gathering in our funeral home to have acelebration of life service, with our direct cremation choice.

Full payment is required on booking. The Government (DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. This package is aimed to be simply no fuss, all the legal processes completed within 2 weeks and doesn’t provide for other edits than shown above - we have other choices if you would like a different package. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

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With the high standards and our comprehensive package, provides you with peace of mind that almost everything you could possibly need for the funeral to take place is provided, plus those little touches that mean so much.

Throughout your time with us, we will guide you through the logistics step by step, and we will complete all the paperwork necessary for the funeral, and coordinate everyone involved.

This gold package provides you with peace of mind. We will collect your loved one, care for them with dignity and compassion at all times, and you can use our peaceful Chapel of Rest to spend time with them. We will liaise with a suitable officiant to help you personalise the funeral service to your own needs, ensuring the life of your loved one is commemorated, remembered and honoured.

Our hearse will gently convey your loved one on their final journey. Our limousine will provide you with a funeral of understated elegance and style as the sleek vehicles take you and up to six other people from your designated starting point to the funeral venue, and then drive you back home or onto a funeral reception (wake) once the funeral service is over.

On the day of the funeral, you will be supported by our team of immaculately-uniformed professional drivers, bearers and lady funeral conductor, who are there to support you and provide you with the reassurance that is so important on such a difficult day. Plus our doors remain open to you after the day of the funeral with a variety of bereavement support to you.

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This complete package includes:

·       Completion of all arrangements with our personal and professional supervision throughout

·       Bringing your loved-one from a local location (hospital, care home or home) during day or evening, into our care, (based on up to 21 nights) and use of our chapel of rest

·       Preparation and dressing of your loved one if required (embalming not included)

·       Our Minehead oak veneered standard size coffin (or can change choice or upgrade interior at cost)

·       Our traditional hearse (based on 30 miles with significant stops if required)

·       Our traditional limousine (based on 30 miles with significant stops if required)

·       Our lady funeral director conductor

·       Our professional bearers

·       Choices of traditional or coloured ties for our team to wear on the day

·       Our creative services to edit, scan and upload your photos for a visual slideshow to be shown at crematorium’s chapel if required

·       Supply of up to 50 x A5 Luxury Order of Service Booklets (up to 8 sides with up to 5 photos/images) personally curated by our professional partner designers on quality card with a variety of colours and designs(value up to £145)

·       Ability to purchase matching book of remembrance in same design as Order of Service Booklets (at cost)

·       A service of around 30-40 minutes (depending on crematorium) you choose date Mon-Sat 10am to 8pm (unlimited people in attendance)

·       Our wildflower seed packets in memory of your loved one

·       Provision of fresh floral spray (value up to £250)

·       Collection of your floral tribute cards, which will be handed back to you after the service

·       Our online funeral announcement dedicated page

·       Our collection and administration of any charitable donations in memory, if required

·       Collection of your loved one's ashes and keeping them in our care for up to three months.

·       Assistance in choosing (additional cost) a scatter tube, urn, memory bear, jewellery as cremated ashes keepsake or permanent grave stone

·       The funeral officiant (value up to £240)

·       Provision of complimentary after care and advice by SAIF Care, and access to our monthly bereavement support group in Minehead

·       Cremation fees or Burial Costs (value up to £1350

·       Provision of a scatter tube or simple temporary grave marker (value £35)

Please Note

Cremation or Burial costs required on booking, then balance 3 days prior to funeral. The Government(DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

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This package includes:-

·       Completion of all arrangements with our personal and professional supervision throughout

·       Bringing your loved-one in office hours from a local location ie hospital or care home(additional cost if from home) or home), into our care, (based on up to 14nights) and use of our chapel of rest

·       Preparation and dressing of your loved one if required (embalming not included)

·       Our Minehead oak veneered standard size coffin (or can change choice or upgrade interior at cost)

·       Our traditional hearse (based on 30 miles with significant stops if required) with option to have limousine (additional cost)

·       Our lady funeral director conductor

·       Our professional bearers

·       Choices of traditional or coloured ties for our team to wear on the day

·       Our creative services to edit, scan and upload your photos for a visual slideshow to be shown at crematorium’s chapel if required

·       Supply of up to 50 x A5 Simple Order of Service Booklets (up to 4 sides with 2 photos/images) designed inhouse printed on white card (value up to £85)

·       A service of around 30-40 minutes (depending on crematorium) you choose date Mon-Fri 10am to 4pm (unlimited people in attendance)

·       Our wildflower seed packets in memory of your loved one

·       Use of our funeral wreath or we can organise flowers on your behalf (at additional cost)

·       Collection of your floral tribute cards, which will be handed back to you after the service

·       Our online funeral announcement dedicated page

·       Our collection and administration of any charitable donations in memory, if required

·       Collection of your loved one's ashes and keeping them in our care for up to one months.

·       Assistance in choosing (additional cost) a scatter tube, urn, memory bear, jewellery as cremated ashes keepsake or temporary grave marker and permanent grave stone

·       The funeral officiant (value up to £240)

·       Provision of complimentary after care and advice by SAIF Care, and access to our monthly bereavement support group in Minehead

·       Cremation fees or Burial Costs (value up to £1250)

Please Note

Cremation or Burial costs required on booking, then balance 3 days prior to funeral. The Government (DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

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This classic package includes:

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This full and flexible package includes:  

Our professional services rendered, director and funeral operatives costs                                                                          

·       Assisting with all the necessary legal and administrative procedures, aimed at a smooth and seamless process during this challenging time.

·       To include meeting with you to discuss arrangements, access to our professional support & advice where needed, help with completing forms, liaising with authorities and suppliers, admin tasks.

·       Support to explore ideas to create a personal funeral service

·       Administration of media service requests; scanning, editing, uploading etc where required

·       Our robust policies & procedures to ensure compliance is met and the person in our care is safe. To also include upkeep of our funeral home, equipment, insurances and our expertise.

·       Our online funeral announcement page

·       Collection and administration of charitable donations if required

·       Our complimentary seed packets as memory gift for family and friends

·       Our funeral director in attendance overseeing proceedings

·       Provision of complimentary grief after care and advice provided by SAIF Care, access to our bereavement support groups in Minehead and our grief lending library

·       If cremation, collection of ashes from the crematorium on your behalf (and you collect from us within 1 month) and offer to purchase scatter tube, urn or memory jewellery or glassware, or assistance in choosing and purchasing a temporary and/or permanent headstone at the appropriate time for burials

·       Transporting the departed individual from the place of passing to our facilities in office hours (or available outside those hours at additional cost), typically within a 15-mile radius of our premises, with the utmost care and respect, providing peace of mind to the family

·       Providing compassionate care for the deceased person in our designated facilities until the time of the funeral, offering a tranquil and clinical environment- based on up to 14 nights (over that then additional charge of £30 per night). To include option for us to change clothing if required, or we provide simple white shroud

·       If needed, a visit to spend time with the deceased person at our premises in office hours (in closed coffin).Alternatively option (with additional costs) out of hours and/or presentation of your loved one to “view” ie open coffin.

‍You now add on what you want and need, prices shown in our brochure

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Our Minehead Funeral Choice

This local West Somerset package includes:

·       Local collection (based on up to 25 mile radius)of the person who has died in office hours, to be cared for in our clinical mortuary in our funeral home (based on up to 14 nights)

·       An arranged funeral discussion with you, typically by telephone or in our funeral home

·       Support to ensure necessary paperwork is completed

·       Provision of a superior standard size wood effect coffin

·       Wrapping the person who has died in a simple white shroud provided by us

·       Hire of our venue to hold family and friends gathering of up to 30 people weekdays between 10-4pm (based on exclusive use of up to 4 hours)

·       Professional Celebrant services to write and conduct a personal service (religious or non religious)

·       Funeral announcement on our website page

·       The services of our staff throughout the funeral

·       Transporting coffin to crematorium by direct route in our private hearsette – no family or friends present

·       We collect ashes on your behalf, if required, and you collect from our funeral home within 1 month and assistance in choosing and purchasing (additional cost) a scatter tube, urn or memory bear, jewellery as keepsake

·       Provision of complimentary after care and advice provided by SAIF Care, and access to our bereavement support groups in Minehead

·       Includes third party fees – cremation costs (we choose the time, date of cremation and which local crematoria used) and celebrant costs (value up to £230)

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Please Note

Cost to be paid 3 working days prior to cremation funeral. The Government(DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

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Our Greener Funeral Choice

This natural eco-friendly package includes:-

·       details being updated

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Please Note

Cremation costs required on booking, then balance 3 days prior to funeral. The Government(DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

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Our superior direct cremation package(s) include:-

1.Direct Cremation £1495 includes:-

·       Local collection (based on up to 25 mile radius) of the person who has died in office hours (otherwise a surcharge of £50 is charged), to be cared for in our clinical mortuary in our funeral home (based on up to 14 nights)

·       A use of our chapel of rest by appointment if required to spend time with your loved one (typically within 3 days of coming into our care)

·       An arranged funeral discussion with you, typically by telephone or in our funeral home

·       Support to ensure necessary paperwork is completed

·       Provision of our wood product standard size coffin

·       Wrapping the person who has died in a simple white shroud provided by us, or we can change their personal clothes you give us

·       We choose the time, day and location, includes crematorium fee (we only use local crematoriums)

·       Funeral announcement on our website page

·       The services of our staff throughout the funeral

·       Transporting coffin to crematorium by direct route in our private hearsette – no family or friends present

·       We collect ashes on your behalf, if required, and you collect from our funeral home within 1 month and assistance in choosing and purchasing (additional cost) a scatter tube, urn memory bear, jewellery etc as keepsake

·       Provision of complimentary after care and advice provided by SAIFCare, and access to our bereavement support groups in Minehead

·       Includes cremation fee*

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2.Direct Attended Cremation - Additional £350* dependent on crematoria

We recognise a direct is too remote for some families, so in certain circumstances up to 5 family members can attend with us as we walk into chapel, place coffin on catafalque and exit. There is no option to sit and reflect - this can be achieved in our early morning cremation package option.

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*Important To Note

The included fee of cremation may change as they are independently set costs by crematorium, we will let you know if they have increased their charge which will be payable by you. See our Minehead Funeral Package if you want to hold a gathering in our funeral home to have a celebration of life service, with your direct cremation.

Please Note

Full payment is required on booking. The Government (DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. This package is aimed to be simply no fuss, all the legal processes completed within 2 weeks and doesn’t provide for other edits than shown above - we have other choices if you would like a different package. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

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Essentials Only: Upon request from our client, our cremation only choice involves our transferring someone from the hospital into our care as place of rest until cremation, support you with paperwork for the crematorium, provide of a simple coffin and transfer to local crematorium at the appointed time.

Optional Extras: Opportunity to spend time with them whilst in our care and to have them dressed in their clothing.

Cremation Only Options - The Details

1. Attended Direct Cremation (Gold Essentials)£

What's included:-

·      Collection of the person who has died to be cared for in our mortuary

·      Support to ensure all necessary paperwork is completed

·      We choose the time, day and location of crematorium (attendance of up to 6 family and friends)

·      The essentials we choose – simple coffin and appropriate private vehicle to convey coffin direct to crematorium

·      Collection and care of the cremated ashes in our funeral home, if required for your collection

·      Fees for the crematorium and medical certificate (if appropriate)

·      Access to bereavement support and our online funeral notice page (with compliments)

‍2. Attended Direct Cremation (Platinum Essentials) £

As per our gold essentials option, but with the opportunity to visit the person who has died in our funeral home and/or have them dressed.

Please Note

Full payment is required on booking. The Government (DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. This package is aimed to be simply no fuss, all the legal processes completed within 2 weeks and doesn’t provide for other edits than shown above - we have other choices if you would like a different package. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

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DIY Home Funeral Support - The Details

·       Practical support and advice to keep the person who has died in their own home up until the day of their funeral if appropriate to do so, to include advice so you can arrange the funeral administration and paperwork yourself

·       At additional costs, we can offer embalming procedures, completion of legal paperwork on your behalf, coffin and hearse

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Our Simple Farewell Cremation Choice

This simple early morning package includes:

·       Local collection (based on up to 25 mile radius)of the person who has died in office hours, to be cared for in our clinical mortuary in our funeral home (based on up to 14 nights)

·       An arranged funeral discussion with you, typically by telephone or in our funeral home

·       Support to ensure necessary paperwork is completed

·       Provision of a superior standard size wood effect coffin

·       Provision of dressing the person who has died if required

·       Provision of a closed coffin visit to the person who has died at our premises in office hours, if required

·       Our private vehicle hearsette via direct route to crematorium

·       Use of our funeral wreath, or you organise flowers

·       Coffin in place in the crematorium before mourners enter to be seated (we use trolley to convey into chapel with no bearers)

·       You choose 8.30am, 9am or 9.30am chapel time at Sedgemoor Crematorium (subject to availability) Mon-Thursday

·       A shorter 20 minute service (max),limited up to 20 people with our Funeral Director providing ‘celebrant’ duties (to write and deliver religious or non religious farewell content)or family can lead this if desired

·       The services of our staff throughout the funeral and our funeral director overseeing the day of the funeral

·       Our online funeral announcement dedicated page

·       Our complimentary seed packets in memory

·       We collect ashes on your behalf, if required, and you collect from our funeral home within 1 month and assistance in choosing and purchasing (additional cost) a scatter tube, urn or memory bear, jewellery as keepsake

·       Provision of complimentary after care and advice provided by SAIF Care, and access to our bereavement support groups in Minehead

·       Includes third party fees – cremation costs (value up to £862)

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Please Note

Full payment is required 3 working days prior to funeral. The Government (DWP) may grant for those eligible a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards some of the costs. Prices are correct at time of publishing. Understanding the costs associated is important so our breakdown below allows you to calculate various aspects of all the funeral costs, helping you make informed decisions.

Take the Next Step

Discuss with Amanda-Louise by calling 01643 800335 or email at office@amandalouisefuneralservices.co.uk