Families are now renting coffins for funerals amid cost of living crisis

Some funeral administrators at the moment are providing coffins for lease to chop down the prices for households.

A median funeral runs to 1000's of kilos, with coffins a significant contributor.

The most affordable wood coffins on supply by Co-op funerals on their web site are £450 for conventional oak, cherry or maple, whereas their most costly normal coffin (white rose casket) is £2,650.

Even a cardboard coffin is priced at £450.

With many households combating elevated prices of electrical energy and gas, discovering the cash to pay for an costly funeral is an including pressure.

The Nationwide Affiliation of Funeral Administrators advised The Solar that growing numbers of funeral suppliers are providing coffins which could be fitted with a detachable liner, so could be rented and reused.

A spokesperson mentioned: ‘There are a lot of methods to maintain the price of a funeral inside a price range, whereas making it particular.

Among the coffins on the market via Co-op Funeralcare (Image: Coop.co.uk)

Offered it's clear what's being offered, that is considered one of a number of decisions obtainable which will help households.’

The rented coffins are used within the service and even within the burial, however are later eliminated with the deceased individual later being cremated or laid to relaxation within the easy wooden or cardboard liner.

Dorset enterprise Woven Farewell affords willow coffins for lease, which go for round £250 in comparison with round £750 in the event that they had been purchased outright.

Founder Sophia Campbell advised the paper: ‘If we will lease objects for different occasions resembling marriages then why not demise?

‘I goal to make willow ­coffins accessible to lower-income households with out compromising on high quality.’

US supplier Everplans, which affords rented coffins, says on its web site: ‘A rental casket is a casket that has a detachable inside. The physique is positioned in a easy wood field and the field is positioned contained in the casket, giving the looks that the physique is definitely within the casket.

‘The truth is, the physique by no means touches the casket, and the wood field is definitely eliminated after the service. The physique can then be buried or cremated within the easy wood field, and the funeral dwelling can re-use the rental casket.’

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