£4,000 in four days: one mother's battle to pay for her son's funeral

The funeral business is an unregulated industry, with providers criticised for taking advantage of vulnerable, bereaved families -  who then feel obliged to pay large sums of money for an appropriate goodbye. Across the UK the average funeral cost stands at £4,271, having risen 122% since 2004. The Guardian’s Richard Sprenger meets one suddenly bereaved mother as she tries to navigate the process of paying for her son’s funeral while also attempting to grieve for her loss, an issue faced by one in every eight bereaved families With thanks to Down to Earth [hyperlink - http://bit.ly/2Z2cDyf], Quaker Social Action