Cremation Direct - Every funeral is overseen by Amanda-Louise and Alice, your caring and experienced professionals, who ensure every cremation and every burial is personalised, carefully created and feels ‘right’.
Our unattended direct cremation
A Direct Funeral Doesn't Mean Less Care. Choosing a Direct Cremation simply means choosing a different way of saying goodbye. There may be no service at the crematorium, but that doesn't mean there is any less dignity, respect or care for your loved one. At Amanda-Louise Funeral Services, we will look after your relative as we would with any funeral we arrange — and we will be here for you too. Simple. Dignified. Local. Personal.
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Direct Cremation | Amanda-Louise Funeral Services - £1,395 all inclusive
Here at Amanda-Louise Funeral Services, our aim is to provide you with a funeral that meets your wants and needs without judgement of “it should look and feel like this”.
Our direct funeral offers a straightforward and dignified unattended cremation or burial for individuals who do not want to have a traditional funeral, but still want a reputable independent funeral director on the high street, who cares about the departed and the living.
Who is it for?
· People who do not want additional costs associated with a traditional funeral service.
· People who don’t want a ceremony with their family or friends to attend.
· People who are on their own (no family) or those who need the lowest cost funeral.
· People who prefer to celebrate their life at a later date.
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Who Chooses Amanda-Louise Family Funeral Directors?
· People who want a compassionate, personal care – we treat you and your loved one as individuals, never as a number.
· People who trust our discretion and confidentiality – families feel safe sharing personal and sensitive information with us.
· People who want a local independent funeral director, knowing the person who has died will be looked after locally, it’s the same person who looks after them and the family (Amanda-Louise or Alice), and only use a local crematorium.
· People who feel reassured they can lean on our shoulders for as long as they need us – we offer a variety of grief support
· People who want to know date and time of the cremation. Unlike many direct cremation providers, we believe families should be able to know when the cremation is taking place.
· People who may want us to place personal items inthe coffin, should you wish.
· When you choose a direct cremation, this does not usually include the chance to spend time with the person who has died beforehand. We understand this might be important for some families, so we include the option of spending time before the cremation, either the afternoon before or the morning of, which allows for a private moment of farewell.
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Want To Find Out What’s Included in More Detail and Pricing?
We welcome you to visit us in our modern funeral home, and you can contact Amanda-Louise or Alice via phone or email to discuss any of the choice or decisions you need to make. You can also leave us a message using our contact form and we’ll get back to you via email as soon as possible.
Alternatively scroll down to our full pricing details
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Essentials "Ashes Only" Unattended Direct Cremation Package
£1,395 all inclusive
PERSONAL MESSAGE TO YOU FROM AMANDA-LOUISE
“I built my independent family run funeral business on kindness and experience with our desire to provide you with every aspect for you to arrange a funeral that reflects how you wish to say goodbye. So, I offer choice,support and value and am not rigid in our approach, so you only pay for what you want and need.Not all funerals are the same and no two funeral directors are the same either. Some funeral directors charge additionally for many aspects of the funeral elements. We care about the living and the departed and know how daunting it can be to arrange a funeral. So, with my heartfelt offering, below is my 10 point gift to support you in your important life decisions, warmly Amanda-Louise”
1. Our Pledge – your loved one remains in our local facilities
2. Our Compliments No Charge (if desired) - Collecting clothing in the local area, our flower placed on coffin if desired as sentimental touch, and delivery of ashes in the local area
3. 'Our Compliments No Charge - A Funeral Notice' online service
4. The ability - for Amanda-Louise Funeral Director to personally come out to your home locally to discuss arrangements in detail
5. Our Compliments No Charge - Choice is very important to us, so you have the option for your gentle funeral ceremony to be conducted by Amanda-Louise (celebrant capacity - subject to availability)
6. Our Pledge Our Heart is Local – we prefer to use only local crematoriums or cemeteries (and not take you out of our region)
7. Our Compliments No Charge - We believe that arranging a meaningful funeral can be a healing experience to support your grief journey. Amanda-Louise will personally support you and guide you through the practical aspects and offer to help you create a fitting ceremony and celebration of life. Our in-house trained bereavement support for adults and children, and open invitations to join us for our bereavement coffee sessions after the funeral enabling a comfortable space and shared experiences
8. Our Partnerships - Access to specialist bereavement counselling for those needing therapeutic structured support
9. Our Pledge for the Planet – we dedicate towards planting a tree in memory of your loved one and our unique way to benefit our environment for future generations by offering a variety of eco-friendly funeral procedures, arrangements, and products too
10. Our Pledge to Ease the Burden – we offer to provide everything you may want or need for a funeral, memorial or celebration of life under our one roof helping to remove some of the stress from your shoulders. From floristry, vehicles, orders of service and ceremony accessories, catering to venue provision and memorabilia and keepsakes
What’s Included In Our Direct Cremation - £1,395
The Essentials – These items are typically required for every funeral
· Our Support and guidance, step by step, from our experienced, compassionate team. We will support with completing all necessary paperwork and liaising with all third parties.
· Collection of your loved one who has died during office working hours (Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm) and within a 25 mile radius of our local branch. Additional charges will apply for out of hours collection, from anon-mortuary location, and any additional mileage.
· Care of your loved one in our funeral home in our onsite secure clinical mortuary. Additional charges will apply if over 14 nights.
· Standard Size Coffin - basic suitable for cremation with engraved name plate, chosen by us.
· Wrapping the person who has died in a simple white shroud provided by us.
· Arrange for personal items to beplaced in the coffin, should you wish.
· A closed coffin visit to the person who has died at our premises When you choose a direct cremation, this does not usually include the chance to spend time with the person who has died beforehand. At Amanda-Louise Funeral Services, we understand that this time might be important for some families, so we include the option of spending time before the cremation, either the afternoon before or on the morning of, which allows for a private moment of farewell.
· We will select a booking at Sedgemoor or Taunton Crematorium in Somerset, and let you know the time and date.
· Our online death/funeral notice to share with family and friends.
· Our private ambulance to travel from our funeral home directly to the crematorium.
· Using a trolley to convey coffin into crematorium' s chapel with apiece of music, chosen by us or you, as we enter via the front door of the crematorium’s chapel (no ceremony nor attendance by family or friends).
Scattering of ashes in Crematorium's Gardens of Remembrance or you can collect them from the Crematorium. Additional charges will apply if you wish us to collect these on your behalf.
· Inhouse grief support and bereavement telephone counselling
· Unattended cremation fee
Payment terms: We require full payment by bank transfer 5 workingdays before the date of the funeral. If payment is being made through thedeceased family member’s bank account, solicitor or DWP, we appreciate this cansometimes take longer and we would need to see proof that the payment requesthas been submitted and is in progress (an admin fee will apply in those cases)
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For optional extras are priced separately - see Breakdown Calculator below
Discuss with Amanda-Louise or Alice by calling 01643 800335 or email at office@amandalouisefuneralservices.co.uk
The Breakdown of Costs - Funeral Calculator
This tool of drop down boxes is designed to be transparent helping you make informed decisions. Ask us to provide you with your personal quotation.
Essential Provision In Our Care
£1,395
· Our Support and guidance, step by step, from our experienced, compassionate team. We will support with completing all necessary paperwork and liaising with all third parties.
· Collection of your loved one who has died during office working hours (Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm) and within a 25 mile radius of our local branch. Additional charges will apply for out of hours collection, from anon-mortuary location, and any additional mileage.
· Care of your loved one in our funeral home in our onsite secure clinical mortuary. Additional charges will apply if over 14 nights.
· Standard Size Coffin - basic suitable for cremation with engraved name plate, chosen by us.
· Wrapping the person who has died in a simple white shroud provided by us.
· Arrange for personal items to beplaced in the coffin, should you wish.
· A closed coffin visit to the person who has died at our premises When you choose a direct cremation, this does not usually include the chance to spend time with the person who has died beforehand. At Amanda-Louise Funeral Services, we understand that this time might be important for some families, so we include the option of spending time before the cremation, either the afternoon before or on the morning of, which allows for a private moment of farewell.
· We will select a booking at Sedgemoor or Taunton Crematorium in Somerset, and let you know the time and date.
· Our online death/funeral notice to share with family and friends.
· Our private ambulance to travel from our funeral home directly to the crematorium.
· Using a trolley to convey coffin into crematorium' s chapel with apiece of music, chosen by us or you, as we enter via the front door of the crematorium’s chapel (no ceremony nor attendance by family or friends).
Scattering of ashes in Crematorium's Gardens of Remembrance or you can collect them from the Crematorium. Additional charges will apply if you wish us to collect these on your behalf.
· Inhouse grief support and bereavement telephone counselling
· Unattended cremation fee
Possible (if relevant) Additional Support In Our Care
· Bringing the person who has died into our care from private home or care home : £250
· Bringing the person who has died into our care outside of office hours : £250
· Over25 miles on collection in our private ambulance : £1.50 per mile
· Over 14 nights in our care - £15 per night
· Our removal of any electrical device ie pacemaker : £150 (cremation only)
· If coffin exceeds 6’2 x 22 (ie bariatric requirements) then additional cost may apply
Optional (if wanted) Additional Support In Our Care
These items depend on the choices you make
· Dressing of your loved one in their own clothing : £150
· We will collect the ashes from the Crematorium on your behalf and you collect from us or we will hand deliver them to you locally : £25-£50
Personal Touches - These items depend on the choices you make
· Opportunity to have a video created of us entering the crematorium’s chapel, placing coffin onto the catafalque, closing of the curtains, listening to your chosen music as we bow paying respects, then you can hear a poem read, providing a lasting memorial keepsake if required : £155
· Urn upgrades (The cremated ashes will be provided in a biodegradable cardboard ashes box) : Scatter Tube £45 / Oak Casket from £105 / Biodegradable Pod From £95
· Memorial keepsakes – contact us
Essential Provision - Third Party
Unattended cremation costs is included in the price
· Contact us for unattended burial instead of cremation, as will incur further costs such as hearse, bearers, church and grave fees
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We care for you and your family
As your Lady Funeral Directors, Amanda-Louise or Alice can meet you in the comfort of your own home, or in our peaceful office, or via video call if you'd prefer. We will never tell you how 'things should be done', or rush you, but support you to understand and consider your choices, so that you can decide what is right for you and your family and friends.
We will listen to you, and can help you plan a funeral ceremony. We'll respect your personal beliefs, values and culture and ensure your requirements, and those of the person that has died, are reflected in the funeral. You may prefer a religious funeral, a more secular service or might want to include a number of different religious and spiritual perspectives within the same service.
We can help you to reflect on the life of the person who has died and enable you to create some positive memories to support you at a time when people can often feel sad and alone. We can support you to have a farewell that you desire - so we will support you to understand the wide range of options such as visual, musical, floral, donations, readings/poems for example, as well as organising venue and/or hospitality for your after funeral wake or reception, if you wish.
Importantly, we will be flexible to your needs and wishes and give you our time to help put your ideas into action. You can take as much control as you like. We are able to support families from across Somerset, Devon and beyond, are not regionally restricted, we can help you create an event at a time and place that is best for you.
Amanda-Louise is also a trained Celebrant, who can also personally deliver a heartfelt celebrant led (religious or non religious) service on your behalf should you wish, or we can recommend other talented professional ceremony leaders including religious ministers, celebrants and humanists.
We work hard to support the wellbeing of every family we support (adults and children).We can also provide a wealth of practical bereavement information for adults and children, and we'll ensure the funeral is meaningful for you, which helps in coming to terms with loss too.
We care for the person who has died
In our care you have trusted us to look after your loved one and we take enormous pride in treating people with respect and dignity. From the very moment the person who has died comes into our care, to the moment they leave, we will treat them with compassion, kindness and consideration. We see this as part of the cycle of life
We reach out and support people from 15 to 50+ miles away from us, as we safely transfer the deceased into our facilities. We'll care for the person entrusted into our funeral home with compassion and dignity, and treat everyone as guests in our home. Or we can assist if you prefer the deceased to remain at home or liaise with a repatriation company for deaths abroad.
We provide a comprehensive range of coffins in different materials, including coffin accessories to suit all tastes. This is a very personal choice, so we happily talk about them or can show you the differences.
We can provide the ability for family to spend time with their loved one, and to change clothing if this is important to you. Plus you can be involved in as little or as much of their care as you desire. We will gently prepare them for their funeral following your wishes including hairstyles or makeup, and whilst we do not routinely embalm we can provide this if you desire. We’ll take great care of any person effects, and give them to you ,or they will remain with the person Plus we can arrange for your items to be placed in the coffin if you wish.
We can even support you to keep your loved one at home right up until their funeral if you wish.
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On the day of the funeral
We understand that attention to detail is really important, from considering the way people enter the service to carefully calculating the journey time.
We can provide our professional pallbearers to convey the coffin. We can help you bear the coffin if that's important to you. We can arrange special routes to the funeral if you wish, or alternative hearses and limousines.
We can arrange to collect family from railway station or airport if helpful.
Some families prefer not to hold the funeral ceremony at a crematorium chapel or in church, so we can support you to have a service in a chosen hotel, hall or alternative venue that is meaningful to you.
Amanda-Louise or Alice will be by your side giving you that reassuring presence ensuring everything is going to plan smoothly, and we leave when you are ready for us to go. We can also provide attendance cards so you know who has attended the funeral ceremony service.
After the funeral
We remain connected should you need us. If we collected donations, we will provide you with audit trail so you know they have been forwarded to the relevant people, organisation or charity. We'll collect ashes if that's helpful & deliver them to you. We can arrange for you to scatter them or preserve them if you wish.
We will have spoken to you about the arrangements of the funeral flowers and carried out those wishes. And if required, we can organise graves and headstones to be put in place at a suitable time after a burial or ashes placed.
And we welcome you to stay in touch. Often our clients pop in to talk about how life is treating them, or to attend one of our coffee afternoons as life can be isolating at times following the loss of a loved one. Our kettle is always on, likely biscuits too. Rest assured, we will never stop caring - here for you whenever you need us, wherever you are.
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"We all felt totally safe opening our hearts to Amanda-Louise and were so impressed in the skills and empathy she has to understand how we all felt."
Can I view the cremation?
Many crematoria’s will allow one or two family members to be present but this will need to be arranged prior to the cremation to accommodate this. There may be an additional fee for this. If you are worried about the process, then talk to Amanda-Louise who will answer all your questions honestly.
Are bodies cremated one at a time?
Yes they are. The chamber only allows for one body at a time, which allows to check the right person is being cremated at the right time, plus the law states this.
Are coffins ever reused?
No. During a cremation the coffin is always burned. At a burial, the coffin is lowered into the ground. Out of respect for the deceased and family a coffin would never be reused under any circumstances.
What is cremation jewellery?
This term is also known as remembrance or memorial jewellery and is jewellery that has incorporated a small amount of the cremated ashes. Popular items such as rings, bracelets and necklaces but there are a variety of other items such as coloured glass ornaments too.
Do you get cremated in the coffin?
Yes, the deceased is always cremated in the coffin or a shroud (if desired). All UK crematories have to follow a very strict code of practice. Once the funeral director has sealed the coffin, no one opens it again. Sometimes you may see a coffin flag or drape over a coffin, and as these can be recycled they are often removed prior to the cremation at the request of the family.
What actually is a direct cremation?
A direct cremation is a cremation with no service or mourners in attendance. Here at Amanda-Louise Funeral Services our ethical approach means we prefer to use local crematoria’s, we still drive to the chapel in a funeral suitable vehicle and take the coffin into the chapel with full honours. As a direct funeral is seen as a no frills no fuss approach, then the deceased is placed into their coffin in clothing they have arrived in and there’s no facility for viewing. The family do not choose the date/time and location of the cremation. Availability at crematoriums is limited for this type of funeral, so the time afforded to us is only 15 minutes maximum. Its usual practice not to inform the family of the details, as we need to obey rules of direct funeral of no attendees. If this is not the option that’s right for you, then we offer a full and flexible funeral service.
Which is more expensive burial or cremation?
Typically, cremations are less expensive than a burial, but there isn’t much in it these days.
For burials, the cost will depend on whether it’s a new plot needed to be purchased, or an existing one that needs to have a stone removed in preparation, plus there is the burial cost on top. Having said that, cremation prices do vary with each crematoria provider, whether you want a funeral ceremony and for how long. Please do talk to us about your individual requirements as we always supply a quotation.
Can you be cremated without a coffin?
Yes, the UK law states that a body must be covered up when in public. As coffins are not a legal requirement for cremations, a shroud can be used to cover the deceased who is placed on a 'charging board'.
However, many crematoriums insist of having coffins. There are of course a variety of materials for coffins these days, from wood, to wood products, to wicker and cardboard too.
Are you clothed when you are cremated?
That’s up to you. You can be cremated with or without clothing. The majority of direct cremations, the deceased is cremated in whatever clothing they are wearing when they died, however for more traditional support the funeral director can help the family redress the person who has died into something chosen by the family.
Will Prosthetics or Implants be Cremated too?
This will vary. Prosthetics will depend, for example pacemakers and internal defibrillators will need to be removed before cremation, as they will explode. Many implants such as silicone breast implants will likely remain with the deceased and will form part of the cremated ashes. Whereas metal implants do not burn, and these are separated after the body has been burned.
Here at Amanda-Louise Funeral Directors, we carry out the procedure to remove pacemakers
Will the crematorium provide a ceremony leader to conduct the funeral service?
No that’s not their role. We can help you find someone that is suitable for you, unless you have someone else in mind.
We don’t want to have the funeral service held in the church, chapel or crematorium, where can we have it instead?
The choices are limitless. Many halls, sports clubs, hotels, galleries, zoos, castles, outdoor areas can be suitable to host a funeral ceremony. You can have the coffin present if you wish. Best advice is to book somewhere that is enthusiastic to your needs.
Our beautiful funeral home in Minehead is available for exclusive use to hold a service; with or without catering facilities.
What does a Modern Funeral Directors mean?
Amanda-Louise Funeral Director Services is owned by Amanda-Louise Knight who lives in Somerset between Taunton and Minehead with her family. She created the funeral home to serve the community and surrounding areas across Somerset and Devon.
Amanda-Louise,along with the team offer a modern approach to funerals while respecting the traditions of the past.
There is no longer a need for funeral services to be standardised, like those that have dominated people’s perceptions for the last century.
Amanda-Louise Funerals offer families choices which will enable them to create a personalised and tailored service reflective of the person who has died, whether that’s a service which is positive for the environment, a lively celebration of life, an intimate occasion or a more formal, traditional approach.
As modern funeral directors, everything we do helps people feel connected after a bereavement.
We listen to our families and they can be as involved as little or as much as they wish -we can even help families who wish for their loved one to remain at home right up until the day of their funeral too.
At the same time we’d like to provide as much clarity and transparency as we can in terms of our pricing, ahead of arranging a meeting to talk through your needs in detail – we can help with traditional, modern or alternative funerals and everything in between.
Our pricing for funerals is fully transparent and flexible – you only pay for those elements that you require. Some fees are essential, others are optional, so the total cost will depend on the choices you make.
We believe that planning a funeral isnt something that you 'get through' or you have to do things in a certain way - we recognise some of our clients will have different and personalised support from us. Some people would like to be given clear guidance and direction (so we put together free guides of useful advice).
When it came to pricing, some of our families like to opt for our packages and some packages) whereas others would prefer to be informed about their options and then feel empowered to make the choices that are right for them (see our bespoke choice).
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