Quaker Social Action (150 years): Down to earth

Giles Robinson explains Quaker Social Action’s work on fairer funerals

by Giles Robinson 15th December 2017

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.