Funeral Directors Swanley

Funeral Directors Swanley

Welham Jones Funerals and Memorials are family run funeral directors with a local funeral home in Swanley, Kent. From this branch we provide quality funeral services. As local Swanley funeral directors, we are here to help you under these difficult times.

As local funeral directors, our staff are right here to support you under these difficult moments. Our funeral arrangements:

• deliver value for money at competitive prices, together with complete openness

• contain no concealed costs, no jargon & very clear communication

• are able to customize a bespoke service

• deliver 24/7 assistance

• provide pre-paid funeral plans

• funeral flowers & wreaths

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It is our commitment of care throughout difficult times to offer comfort, reassurance, and also sympathy with regards to the bereaved. Helping you handle your loss, through providing an expert, thoughtful, and compassionate service. We would like to learn more about you and your family so we can know your loved one.

Our company provide useful information and support prior, during furthermore subsequently after the funeral service. You are able to communicate all of your needs furthermore develop the funeral or cremation just as you wish.

We are right here for you, at the end of a phone 24 hours a day. 7 days-a-week.

Funeral in Your own Way

We offer Christian, other faiths, humanist, and secular funeral services. Our funeral directors will listen and take on board your ideas and wishes.

What to Do When Someone Dies

If you are not sure what to when your loved one dies, call our local Swanley funeral home anytime, 24/7. We can guide you through what you need to do.

What you need to do when someone dies depends on many factors:

• Where did they die? At home, in hospital or care home?

• You then need to get a death certificate.

• Register the death with your local Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths

• Notify the Department of Work and Pensions

• Decide whether to cremate or bury

• Contact your local Swanley funeral director

Funeral Arrangements

After our initial call, we recommend on a face-to-face meeting. We will start to discuss if your loved one had any special requests for their funeral. Whether they wanted a burial or cremation.

It is our job as Swanley funeral directors to find out as much as possible about the deceased.

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After our initial call, we recommend on a face-to-face meeting. We will start to discuss if your loved one had any special requests for their funeral. Whether they wanted a burial or cremation.

It is our job as funeral directors to find out as much as possible about the deceased.

Burial or Cremation

The choice of burial or cremation is very personal. Family traditions, religion and costs can play a role. We are often asked what is more damaging to the environment: burial or cremation.

According to research there is very little difference. A burial takes up more space, cremation costs more energy. It is often emotional aspects that determine the final choice.

Coffin or Casket

Welham Jones offers an extensive range of ecological and regular coffins.

We offer:

• Casket and solid wood

• Veneered wood coffins

• Environmentally friendly, "Green" coffins made of recycled or renewable materials.

• Personalised coffins which can celebrate the life of the deceased

Other Ways We Can Help

There are other funeral services that your local Swanley funeral directors can help with. Such as:

• Burial at sea

• Charitable donations

• Obituary notices

• Funeral stationary

• Catering

• Interment of cremated remains into a cemetery or churchyard

• The supply of memorial tablets or plaques

UK & Overseas Repatriation

Welham Jones offers a full UK and overseas repatriation service.

Our repatriation fee incorporates:

• The funeral director's costs for shipping and delivering the remains from a London airport

• Liaising with HM Coroner, overseas agents and airlines. Plus, other administration and legal documentation management.

• Taking care of importing the remains

• Buying the Coffin

• Airline charges and tariffs - based on the gross weight of the coffin

• Road transit expenses - if repatriating from Scotland, Eire or the near continent

• Funeral services and resulting burial or cremation

What You Swanley Funeral Service May Involve:

• Favourite music playing while family and friends take their seats.

• The officiant welcomes everyone on behalf of the family.

• A eulogy read by the officiant, family member or friend. This will contain memories of events, places visited, and times shared.

• During the reading a favourite piece of music is often played.

• A moment for private prayer or the reading of a chosen prayer, for those who are religious.

• The committal finishes the service. Music plays and/or a prayer read as the catafalque curtains closes or the coffin lowered into the grave.

• When friends and family leave the chapel, another favourite piece of music played.

Financial Aid for Funeral Expenses

Depending upon your financial situation, financial help is available. If you, or your spouse or partner, receive one or more of the following benefits:

• Income Support

• Council Tax Benefit

• Housing Benefit.

• Working Family Tax Credit Allowance

• Disability Working Allowance

• Job Seeker's Allowance

However, in most cases, the amount paid by the social fund will not cover the total cost of the funeral. Check with the Department of Work and Pensions which benefits currently apply to you. More information can is on our website.

Swanley Prepaid Funeral Plans

A cost effective way to pay for your own funeral is with a pre-paid funeral plan.

The prepaid funeral plans we offer give exceptional financial security for your money. Except for the initial management fee, every penny is held in a life assurance policy. This is ring-fenced to pay for your funeral. This money is available immediately when needed and can only pay for your funeral.

Funeral plans are not regulated by the PRA or FCA. But regulated by the Funeral Planning Authority.

Local Funeral Directors in Swanley Kent

Looking for a trusted local funeral directors Swanley that listens closely to your requirements? Which offers a memorable funeral service for all the best reasons. Contact our team right now on 01322 619100 or visit our funeral home, Welham Jones Funerals & Memorials, 31 Station Rd, Swanley BR8 8ES

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