Theos report, ‘Love Grief and Hope’ is discussed in Female First. 27/11/2023

A new study by the religious think tank Theos has found that only 47 per cent of people are certain that they want a funeral service after they pass away.

2,500 people were asked if they wanted their life to be commemorated with a service and over half said that they did not or were not sure – with 24 per cent saying no entirely and 28 per cent stating they did not know.

Theos found that both financial pressures and declining religious belief have caused “growing numbers of Britons (to) disperse with funeral rites altogether” – much to the shock of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.

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