What is in a breakdown of funeral costs?
Rest Assured looks at the different elements that make up funeral costs in the UK and explains how it is able to package various funeral costs together to create an attractive range of money-saving funeral plans.
Writing a eulogy – how to pay tribute at a funeral
Rest Assured looks at how to write a eulogy in response to customer questions around, ‘What is a eulogy?’, ‘What goes in a eulogy?’ and ‘How do I write a eulogy?’
How to cope with grief at Christmas
Rest Assured looks at how to cope with grief over the festive period and finds paying respects as a family, representing a lost loved one in a material way and engaging in an activity that a lost loved one enjoyed at Christmas are good way to alleviate grief at Christmas.
What is a humanist funeral?
Rest Assured looks at humanist funerals and reveals how they differ from religious funerals by having alternative orders of service, being held in various locations and by being led by celebrants rather than leaders of religious faiths.
How to buy a burial plot and all you need to know about rights around burials in the UK
Rest Assured looks at the process of buying a burial plot and reveals how burial plots are purchased on lease and rights to them can be shared or transferred.
What to wear to your own funeral
Most people know what to wear to a funeral, but few have ever thought about how they want to be dressed for their own. Here we look at the choices people make in their funeral plan around the different clothes they request to be buried or cremated in.
The best locations to scatter ashes in the UK
Rest Assured Funeral Plans asks, ‘Where is the best place to scatter ashes in the UK?’ and finds some people choose to have their ashes scattered in stunning beauty spots while others prefer personal places like local sports fields, gardens and family graves.
Ten ways to go greener with your funeral
As COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, kicks off in Glasgow Rest Assured looks at how to add eco-friendly touches to funerals and reveals that using compostable coffins, sourcing local services and choosing woodland burials are some of many ways to minimise the environmental impact of a funeral.
Why inflation-busting funeral plans are an even smarter investment this year
Rest Assured Funeral Plans reviews the present economic climate and finds that funeral plans offer an ideal investment in times of high inflation.
How to arrange a memorial bench?
Rest Assured looks at the process of having a remembrance bench installed as memorial to a loved one and finds that memorial benches can be installed in many different places for a range of fees.