Funeral poverty

Funeral poverty31 Oct 2025

Fix the Funeral Expenses Payment: Down to Earth launches new campaign

Government support for funeral costs should make things easier for bereaved people, not harder. Its restrict…>

Funeral poverty03 Jun 2025

A milestone in holding the funeral industry accountable

I normally think of milestones as positive things – especially when I’m on a long hike and I pass the 10…>

Funeral poverty08 Mar 2025

A Day of Reflection: Remembering lives lost, funerals and resilience during Covid

2025 marks five years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and on Sunday 9 March, people across the U…>

Funeral poverty20 Jan 2025

QSA’s response to the SunLife Cost of Dying 2025 Report

Funeral costs are on the rise again, in many cases outstripping inflation, according to the latest SunLife C…>

Funeral poverty15 Jan 2025

Down to Earth brings funeral poverty to the Scottish Human Rights agenda

A major assessment of access to human rights in the Scottish Highlands & Islands has included a focus on…>

Funeral poverty13 Nov 2024

Down to Earth responds to the Fuller enquiry

For 15 years QSA has sought to respond to the injustice of funeral poverty. Alongside providing extensive di…>

Funeral poverty08 Oct 2024

A patchwork of provision: council funerals across the UK

A patchwork of provision: council funerals across the UK For the report we surveyed 102 council websites…>

Funeral poverty26 Jun 2024

New Down to Earth report reveals postcode lottery for council funerals

More than half of councils in England and Wales likely not fully following council guidelines.>

Funeral poverty01 May 2024

New online tool from Down to Earth

A new digital eligibility checker for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment.>

Funeral poverty12 Jan 2024

QSA responds to Cost of Dying Report

SunLife's Cost of Dying 2024 Report features impact of high funeral costs on people's health>

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