How to Plan your own Funeral - Most funerals will be arranged through a funeral director rather than the bereaved family going directly to a cemetery office to make the necessary arrangements.
However, it is not a legal obligation to use a funeral director to make the necessary funeral arrangements and the cemetery office staff are available to offer information and advice leaflets to enable you to plan your funeral and make the correct choice for either your own funeral arrangements or the arrangements of your loved one.
There are many organisations available who can offer advice on how to personalise and plan your own funeral. The Natural Death Centre can offer information and advice on how to plan your own funeral and arrange inexpensive, do-it-yourself and environmentally-friendly funerals.
Funerals may be planned in advance and there are many people who prepare for this, so that their surviving loved ones do not have to make the decisions at the time of the death. The Natural Death Centre have information on how to plan your own funeral and forms which help you to make a will. It is called The Living Will.