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Photos showing the arrival of 300 boxes of the Fifth Edition of The Natural Death Handbook at the charity's headquarters in May 2012. Additional images were taken at 'Death Fest' at the Southbank Centre 27-29th January 2012, where we spoke to hundreds of people and with their help created a bejewelled pink coffin.

 
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How can I arrange a good funeral?

The only legal requirement in the UK for funerals is that the death must be certified and registered, and the body must be disposed of.

('Disposal means disposal by burial, cremation or any other means, and 'disposed of' has a corresponding meaning' - source Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.)

 

Common Myths about Funerals

 

Practical advice

Comprehensive practical advice is available on The Good Funeral Guide website here

For straightforward information about the practicalities of what to do after a death has occurred, Teresa Evans, campaigner for the Rights for the Bereaved has created an information page here.

What is a Good Funeral?

To download a copy of our leaflet 'How can I arrange a Good Funeral' click here

Keeping Funeral Costs Down

Family led and 'DIY' funerals

Recommended Funeral Directors

Funeral plans

Private Land Burial

Celebrants

Coffins, Urns & Shrouds

Bookshop

 

The New Natural Death Handbook fifth edition is out now, this book is a must read for everyone. Completely revised and expanded into a boxed set of three books... Read more

Credit to Will Whipple (photographer)

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Links and Resources

 

 

 
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