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Our Award-Shortlisted Research – and the Change It’s Driving in Council Funerals Funeral poverty05 Dec 2025

Our Award-Shortlisted Research – and the Change It’s Driving in Council Funerals

A year on from our Down to Earth team’s landmark research on council funerals, we look at the important pr…>
Fix the Funeral Expenses Payment: Down to Earth launches new campaignFuneral 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…>
A milestone in holding the funeral industry accountable 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…>
Frequently asked questionsFuneral Poverty

Frequently asked questions

The Down to Earth team have put together answers to the questions that we are most commonly asked.>
Funeral Expenses Payment Eligibility Checker - for an adultFuneral Poverty

Funeral Expenses Payment Eligibility Checker - for an adult

Our unique, digital eligibility checker for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment has been developed by D…>
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…>
Down to Earth responds to the Fuller enquiryFuneral 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…>
A patchwork of provision: council funerals across the UKFuneral 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…>

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