If you’re not ready to take out a funeral plan just yet, then recording your funeral wishes online could be the next best thing.
Here are the main online funeral wishes tools available in 2022^^:
1. SunLife & Dying Matters - My Perfect Send-off
My Perfect Send-off, set up by the insurer SunLife and the Dying Matters charity, is a simple online questionnaire that can be completed in a matter of minutes.
Key features:
- Free and easy to use
- Records key information such as whether your funeral will be cremation or burial, religious or non-religious, the type of coffin and so on
- The completed questionnaire is sent to you by email so you can forward on to your loved ones or print off to be kept with your Will
- If your funeral wishes change, you’d have to do the questionnaire again
Website: https://www.sunlife.co.uk/over-50-life-insurance/perfect-send-off/
2. My Wishes - Funeral Planning Software
The Funeral Planning Software from My Wishes is a straight-forward online software tool that allows you to record your funeral wishes, plus more.
Key features:
- Free and easy to use
- Requires username and password login
- Document your funeral wishes, create your funeral playlist and write your own obituary
- Documents can be downloaded as PDF to be printed or emailed and shared with loved ones
- Software also allows you to draft your Last Will and Testament, as well as your Letter of Wishes, with easy-to-follow instructions
- Other features include; leave goodbye messages, record video messages, share your bucket list, create a digital Will, decide your advance care plan and more
- Entrust a close family member or friend to access your account after you pass away
- You can update and make changes to your wishes by logging back in at any time
Website link: https://www.mywishes.co.uk/funeral-wishes
3. My Last Request
My Last Request is an independent service set up by a legal company to help people record their funeral wishes.
Key features:
- Single subscription fee from £24.95^
- Requires username and password login
- Document your funeral wishes, record video messages and upload photos
- Store information on prepaid funeral plans, life policies and/or details of a purchased burial plot
- Choose from three different plans: 5 years, 10 years or 20 years access (during this time you can make as many changes to your wishes as you like, free of charge)
- Entrust a close family member or friend to access your account after you pass away
- It’s not possible to get a feel of the tool until you have signed up, so you’d need to contact the My Last Request team to learn more about its ease of use
Website link: https://mylastrequest.co.uk/
^£24.95 fee allows you to make changes to your My Last Request account for up to 5 years.
4. Legacy of Lives - Funeral Wishes Plan
The Funeral Wishes Plan set up by Legacy of Lives allows you to record your funeral wishes with handy tips and guides to help you complete the forms.
Key Features:
- Free and easy to use
- Requires username and password
- Includes helpful guides and advice for funeral planning (for you and your loved ones when the time comes)
- Document your funeral wishes and find out how much your chosen services will cost with funeral director quote comparison tool
- Upload photos, keepsakes, poems and add notes to loved ones
- Store key information, documents and contacts
- Documents can be downloaded as a PDF to be printed or emailed and shared with loved ones
- Can log in and make changes to your wishes at any time
Website link: https://www.legacyoflives.com/