Category

• Fully Validated and Adopted Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Mitigation

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Poverty driver

• Provide benefit in-kind (material)

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Keywords

• Funeral
• Cost of Living
• Services

Aim

• Prepare individuals to be active participants in planning for the future and their own demise, or a family members demise with the aim of reducing emotional and/or financial stress.
• To reduce or eliminate the suffering felt by participants
• Help to arrange a low cost cremation or funeral for those living in poverty

Summary

Funeral Link is a Dundee based charity set up in 2018 to provide advice and practical support for those who wish to provide a funeral for their loved ones but find that the cost is beyond their means. They offer emotional support during the bereavement and grieving process through one-on-one meetings in local areas such as cafés, community halls or a participant's home, and connect those grieving with other organisations that can provide support.

What difference does it make?

The service provides value to clients as it provides them with the space, and time to grieve the loss of a loved one without being impacted negatively by the additional stress of the funeral costs.

Key take-aways

• There is a need for constant communication with people in the community to best tackle poverty.
• Societal trends must also be observed to understand what should be applied to the organisation.

 

Organisations

Funeral Link

Started in November 2018 but did not take clients until March 2019.

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