The UK national average is £4,285.

But that is not our average, is it?
When our community says goodbye, we mean it. We come together, from across the UK, from the Caribbean, from West Africa, from everywhere our people have settled.

We fill a church. We feed a hundred people. We send our loved one onwards bound with flowers, music, limousines and love. Whether your roots are Jamaican, Bajan, Trinidadian, Ghanaian, Nigerian or anywhere across the Caribbean and West Africa, we share the same values when it comes to honouring those we have lost.

We do it properly.

We do it with dignity.

And we do it together - Legacy.

But doing it properly costs money.

A good send-off in our community does not cost £4,000. It costs between £10,000 and £15,000 once everything is counted. The wake and catering alone can be £4,000 to £5,000, especially when the family is large, or the person was well known and well loved.

And then the bank account is frozen. And the funeral director needs to be paid and suddenly, a grieving family is in despair or on GoFundMe.

The question is: Are you leaving a legacy or a liability? Surely you'd like peace of mind and dignity over worry and debt

There is a plan for this.

You can prepare and ensure the full cost is covered — and it may be more affordable than you think. Taking away the anxiety and compounded grief created when there is a financial strain or burden left on your loved one to arrange.

Not just the arrangements, but the heart-filled commitment to giving you what they think you deserve and would want. Better still, you can leave your full instructions and wishes in detail, within a properly written Will.