Quaker Social Action (150 years): Down to earth
Giles Robinson explains Quaker Social Action’s work on fairer funerals
Death is an expensive business. An average funeral bill in the UK currently sits at £3,784, almost double what it was ten years ago. This dramatic inflation is having a devastating effect. According to insurance company SunLife’s research in 2017 up to one in seven families are facing significant financial concern and are often sent into debt after a bereavement.
The challenge this situation creates for those families prompted a response by Quaker Social Action (QSA) and since 2010 the charity has organised a national helpline for people worried about the costs of a funeral. Since 2014 they have also been running a campaign on this issue.
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