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Thoughtful, gentle guidance for pre-planning a funeral
Irrespective of the circumstances surrounding losing a loved one, organising a funeral is challenging in this period of immense emotional strain. However, there is a way to ensure this task doesn’t overwhelm your family on your behalf someday.
At Blessed Funerals, we offer a personalised, compassionate approach to pre-planning a funeral, ensuring that we tailor every detail to your specific wishes. You can design and prepay for your arrangements, relieving your family from the burden of decision-making during their time of grief and mourning.
The benefits of pre-planning
Family is everything, and contemplating a time when we won’t be here to care for them is something no one wants to dwell on. However, planning for the future is an essential part of life, as we never really know what the future holds.
Not only will pre-planning remove a weight of difficult choices from your family’s shoulders, but they will also find comfort in knowing that they are honouring and respecting your final wishes. Our dedicated team will attentively listen to your thoughts and help you craft a bespoke service that truly reflects who you are.
This way, your family can focus on their cherished memories and find solace in celebrating your life.
Pre-planning a funeral also offers financial advantages, including the ability to lock in current market costs and avoid burdening those you leave behind with the expense.
Understanding the process
If pre-planning sounds like the right path for you, you have some decisions to make.
It’s important to consider the kind of atmosphere you want to create. You can elect to have a traditional funeral or memorial service, or a completely unique celebration of life. At Blessed Funerals, choosing to bid farewell in a church or on your favourite beach is entirely up to you. Also, you can include any significant cultural or religious traditions, rituals and customs.
Another major decision during the pre-planning process is selecting between burial and cremation. Take into consideration any family traditions you wish to honour. If you prefer to do things differently, that’s fine too. Your own personal values and preferences should always be your guide.
Once you decide on burial or cremation, you’ll then want to select a final resting place. Unlike burial, cremation offers a range of possibilities outside of cemeteries, from scattering ashes in meaningful places to storing them in an urn at home.
Prepaid peace of mind
You love and cherish your family, so it’s natural to be concerned for their wellbeing long after your own journey reaches a close. By taking the proactive step of pre-planning and prepaying for your funeral you can offer them a precious gift – the freedom to focus on healing and remembrance in their time of loss.
With Blessed Funerals, selecting a pre-planned and prepaid funeral ensures you lock in your service at today’s prices. We understand the importance of affordability and practicality, which is why we provide a range of payment plan options.
Our flexible plans allow you to spread the cost over an agreed period of time, making the entire process accessible and manageable for you and your family.
Another important thing to note is that a prepaid funeral won’t affect Centrelink or pension benefits and there are tax benefits available too.
Start with a conversation
Some conversations are deeply uncomfortable but so necessary. For many people, pre-planning a funeral may be one of them. At Blessed Funerals, our experienced team is here to listen and offer thoughtful guidance. We can work together to create a personalised service you and your family will appreciate.
We are here for you and your loved ones, now and throughout the journey.
Once your plans are in place, there is one more delicate conversation, this time with your next of kin and family members. We encourage you to have an open and honest dialogue, clarifying your wishes and ensuring they know how to access documents and everything they will need when the time comes.
When choosing Blessed Funerals, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by our range of services, our creativity and organisational skills, our prepaid funeral plans, locations and most of all our experience in providing memorable, compassionate and dignified funerals.
We are open 7 days a week and you can contact us 24 hours a day. Let us take care of you and your family.
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