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The doctor’s fees are needed to obtain cremation certificates required to carry out the service. Without them, there can be no cremation.
There will be no changes to your plan and you have nothing to worry about - your funeral plan with Distinct Cremations is completely safe.
If you have purchased a funeral plan with a single payment or over a period of up to 12 months, you can cancel your funeral plan within the first 30 days and receive all your money back. If you cancel after 30 days you will get most of your money back, minus a £95 cancellation fee.
If you have purchased a funeral plan over 5 or 10 years and cancel your plan within 12 months, you will get a full refund of all payments paid. If you cancel after 12 months (the moratorium period), your instalments will stop and you will not be entitled to any refund of the money you have already paid. You can read more on our T&Cs page.
When you die, your family should first notify your local registry office so they’re aware that a death has happened.
A direct cremation is a simple unattended cremation. Having a cremation without a funeral service reduces the costs and stress associated with arranging a traditional funeral.
Direct cremation allows for a separation between the cremation and how you choose to say goodbye to your loved one.
To simplify arrangements, all of the aspects of the direct cremation can be left to us. Get in touch to arrange a direct cremation with Distinct Cremations.
The choice is entirely yours. It's not uncommon for people to divide the ashes of the deceased between their loved ones, so that everyone can have a reminder of them.
The following crematoriums have mercury abatement technology installed which reduces air pollution as well as nitrogen oxide (NOx) filtration:
We do our utmost to ensure an unattended Go Greener cremation will take place at one of these crematoriums. These locations already account for 25% of Westerleigh Group’s crematoriums and installing nitrogen oxide (NOx) filtration is a programme Westerleigh Group intend to continue and accelerate over the coming years. By 2032, all crematoriums in our network will have the same environmental credentials as those listed here. Keep checking back as we add more crematoriums to the list. For an attended cremation, you can select any Westerleigh Group crematorium and still include Go Greener.
It typically takes between one and two weeks for the funeral to take place, although this time can increase if there are outstanding factors such as the need for an inquest. Funerals may also be delayed if there's limited availability at the crematorium.
Oak Tree Court, Brookfield Drive, Cannock, WS11 0JN
