Why do I need one?

Like writing your Will or taking out life insurance, a pre-paid funeral trust is a positive step toward planning for the future. You can...

• help ease the financial burden of a funeral for your family
• have your money protected by a government guarantee
• have up to $10,000 exempt from asset testing for the Residential Care Subsidy.

Why do I need one(continued)?

Funeral costs can range from $3,000 to $10,000 or more. A pre-paid funeral trust will pay funeral expenses including professional services such as funeral direction and registration of death. Also the costs of a casket, hearse, cremation or burial, headstones or plaques, flowers, a minister or celebrant, an organist, newspaper notices - the list goes on.

With a pre-paid funeral trust, the money is locked away and can't be used for anything else, so you know it will be there when it's needed.