A direct funeral is where no mourners attend the cremation or burial. The ashes are then either returned or scattered in the garden of remembrance, or the location of the burial plot will be shared. A direct funeral is also sometimes known as a hassle free funeral.

Funerals can be low cost, minimal fuss affairs or extravagant celebrations of life. In the most recent edition of the SunLife Cost of Dying Report, it was estimated that the average cost of a basic funeral rose 4.7% to £4,141.

However, this doesn’t mean that a funeral needs to cost this much, as you can arrange a direct cremation without any attendance, for as little as £1,095 through With Grace.

In the same report, it was found that 1 in 5 funerals are now direct cremations, with attended cremations falling by 4% year-on-year. This is a significant increase in direct cremations from 2019 where only 3% of cremations took place without attendance.

Direct cremation is the name for an unattended cremation with no attached funeral service or ceremony.

An unattended cremation is another name used for a cremation that does not have a service or ceremony attached and does not have mourners present. We normally refer to it as a direct cremation, but it can also be called a pure cremation, or a simple cremation.

A direct cremation is unattended, letting you celebrate the life of your loved one as you choose.

A direct cremation involves being collected and taken into With Grace’s care, transportation to the crematorium, and then the ashes being delivered to your loved ones or scattered in the crematorium’s garden of remembrance.

Mourners are not present during a direct cremation and there is no funeral service or ceremony conducted alongside the cremation.