Funeral Costs Plan

Action plan to tackle funeral poverty and make more affordable funeral options available.


Footnotes

1. www.gov.scot/publications/fairer-scotland-action-plan/

2. www.cas.org.uk/system/files/publications/cost_of_saying_goodbye_2016_digital_1.pdf

3. www.cas.org.uk/system/files/publications/cost_of_saying_goodbye_2016_digital_1.pdf

4. www.iccm-uk.com/iccm/library/Royal%20London%20National%20Funeral%20Cost%20Index%202016%20Final-1.pdf

5. www.sunlife.co.uk/costofdying2016/#

6. SunLife 2016 Cost of Dying www.sunlife.co.uk/costofdying2016/#

7. ONS principle population projections for Scotland www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/

8. The Royal London National Funeral Cost Index Report 2016 www.iccm-uk.com/ICCM/LIBRARY/ROYAL%20LONDON%20NATIONAL%20FUNERAL%20COST%20INDEX%202016%20FINAL-1.PDF

9. The Royal London National Funeral Cost Index Report 2016 www.iccm-uk.com/ICCM/LIBRARY/ROYAL%20LONDON%20NATIONAL%20FUNERAL%20COST%20INDEX%202016%20FINAL-1.PDF

10. www.swgfp.org/index.asp

11. www.cas.org.uk/system/files/publications/funeral_poverty_in_scotland_0.pdf

12. www.gov.scot/Topics/People/fairerscotland/future-powers/Publications/FuneralPoverty

13. www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630382/social-fund-annual-report-2016-2017.pdf

14. Based on a percentage of deaths in Scotland in 2015 (57,579)

15. www.gov.scot/Topics/People/fairerscotland/Social-Security/Governance/Funeral-Reference-Group

16. www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/Resources/PDF/F/Respectful-Funeral-Service.pdf

17. www.mygov.scot/births-deaths-marriages/death-bereavement/

18. The Royal London National Funeral Cost Index Report 2016 www.iccm-uk.com/ICCM/LIBRARY/ROYAL%20LONDON%20NATIONAL%20FUNERAL%20COST%20INDEX%202016%20FINAL-1.PDF

19. SunLife 2016 Cost of Dying www.sunlife.co.uk/costofdying2016/#

20. www.iccm-uk.com/iccm/library/Royal%20London%20National%20Funeral%20Cost%20Index%202016%20Final-1.pdf

21. NatCen Social Research's British Social Attitudes survey 2013

22. Funeral Planning Authority www.funeralplanningauthority.co.uk/statistics/

23. www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/02/4045

24. www.beta.gov.scot/publications/social-innovation-fund-guidance/

25. The Royal London National Funeral Cost Index Report 2016 www.iccm-uk.com/ICCM/LIBRARY/ROYAL%20LONDON%20NATIONAL%20FUNERAL%20COST%20INDEX%202016%20FINAL-1.PDF

26. Unmarked: National Assistance Funerals and the Consequences of Funeral Poverty www.cas.org.uk/publications/unmarked

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