Unattended Choice
£1,795 – including disbursements*
The Choice for those who want the cremation separate from the service.
The Unattended Choice provides you with a simple, dignified cremation, without the attendance of family or friends. It does allow for a memorial or alternative celebration, this can be held wherever and however you choose – without the constraints or fuss of a church or crematorium service.
Unattended Choice includes:
- Collecting the deceased within a 15-mile radius** and bringing them into our care. There is an additional cost of £50 for collecting someone out of hours – between 6pm and 8am, on weekends or Bank Holidays.
- Meeting with you and assisting you with all the legal and medical administrative paperwork
- Providing a veneer coffin
- Conveying the deceased to the local crematorium, in a private vehicle
- Crematorium fee
- Collecting the ashes and returning them to you in a suitable container
*Disbursements, or third-party costs, are those which funeral directors have no control over, but are settled by the funeral director on behalf of the client.
NB. The full cost of this option is payable 48 hours before the day of cremation.
**Collections from addresses which are more than 15 miles incur a £1.50 per additional mile charge.
Aurora Choice
£2,995
The Choice for those who want a relaxed, intimate service.
At Aurora we have a wonderfully appointed room that can accommodate up to 50 people, which enables you to hold a service for your loved one in intimate surroundings with no time pressure. This option provides you with greater flexibility and affordability than you may find at a crematorium.
Aurora Choice includes:
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- Collecting the deceased within a 15-mile radius*** and bringing them into our care. There is an additional cost of £50 for collecting someone out of hours – between 6pm and 8am, on weekends or Bank Holidays.
- Gentle and sensitive care of the deceased, including washing them and dressing them in the clothes of your choice
- Providing a veneer coffin
- As part of our professional service throughout the arrangements, dealing with all the legal and medical administrative paperwork
- Providing the use of our Chapel of Rest, for family and friends to spend time with the deceased
- Creating a dedicated online memorial page, including an online donation option
- Providing a celebrant or minister to conduct the service
- Music and visual tribute
- The services of a Funeral Director for the day
- Supplying 50 x 4-page Order of Service
- Conveying the deceased to the local crematorium, in a private vehicle
- Crematorium fee
- Collecting the ashes and returning them to you in a suitable container
*The price quoted is for a weekday, daytime service. We can accommodate evenings and weekends, at an additional cost.
**Disbursements, or third-party costs, are those which funeral directors have no control over, but are settled by the funeral director on behalf of the client.
***Collections from addresses which are more than 15 miles incur a £1.50 per additional mile charge.
Traditional Choice
£3,995
The Traditional Choice provides all of those elements that you would have come to expect from a traditional funeral, with services conducted at either Kent & Sussex crematorium, or at Wealden crematorium.
Traditional Choice includes:
- Collecting the deceased within a 15-mile radius** and bringing them into our care. There is an additional cost of £50 for collecting someone out of hours – between 6pm and 8am, on weekends or Bank Holidays
- Gentle and sensitive care of the deceased, including washing them and dressing them in the clothes of your choice
- Providing a veneer coffin
- As part of our professional service throughout the arrangements, dealing with all the legal and medical administrative paperwork
- Providing the use of our Chapel of Rest, for family and friends to spend time with the deceased
- Creating a dedicated online memorial page, including an online donation option
- Providing a celebrant or minister to conduct the service
- The services of a Funeral Director for the day
- Conveying their loved one to the local crematorium, in a traditional hearse, with the provision of four pallbearers
- Crematorium fee
- Collecting the ashes and returning them to you in a suitable container
*Disbursements, or third-party costs, are those which funeral directors have no control over, but are settled by the funeral director on behalf of the client.
**Collections from addresses which are more than 15 miles incur a £1.50 per additional mile charge.
Bespoke Choice
When traditional is not the right fit, Aurora funerals will support and guide you in creating a personalised meaningful funeral that is right for you and your loved one.
Professional arrangement fee £1795 plus disbursements.
There are lots of things to consider:
Choose a setting away from a crematorium or church
If your loved one loved the outdoors, you could choose a setting to match their preferences: woodland, or a wild meadow, or even their own garden! Or you could choose a barn venue, or an elegant hotel to host the service – Sussex has some beautiful venue options.
A themed approach
Maybe they were country & western fans, or avid sports enthusiasts, or were Harry Potter fans, in which case you could ask attendees to dress accordingly, or arrange the transport accordingly and provide appropriately themed food and drink for the wake.
Personalise the coffin
Coffins don’t have to be plain wood, as lovingly created as they are. You can choose any number of different materials for the coffin; or you can arrange for the coffin to be decorated by an artist you admire, or you can arrange for friends and family to place their own decorations, or even their signatures or last messages onto the casket, to make the occasion especially personal.
Professional fee includes:
- Collecting the deceased within a 15-mile radius** and bringing them into our care. There is an additional cost of £50 for collecting someone out of hours – between 6pm and 8am, on weekends or Bank Holidays
- Meeting with you and assisting you with all the legal and medical administrative paperwork
- Gentle and sensitive care of the deceased, including washing them and dressing them in the clothes of your choice
- Providing the use of our Chapel of Rest, for family and friends to spend time with the deceased
- Creating a dedicated online memorial page, including an online donation
- If appropriate, collecting the ashes and returning them to you in a suitable container
*Disbursements, or third-party costs, are those which funeral directors have no control over, but are settled by the funeral director on behalf of the client.
**Collections from addresses which are more than 15 miles incur a £1.50 per additional mile charge.