Arranging the baby’s funeral

When arranging your baby’s funeral, you will be offered the following options:

Burial at home

You may take your baby home and bury the body within your property. There are important guidelines that you should consider. These can be made available on request.

Making your own independent funeral arrangements

You may choose to use your own funeral director and they will arrange a funeral on your behalf. This can be religious or non-religious according to your beliefs. You can choose to attend or not as you prefer.

As well as organising a funeral according to your own beliefs, the funeral director will discuss your choice of venue, date and time of the funeral and any other requirements that you may have.

While funeral directors do not charge for a funeral of any child aged under 15 years, some requests such as a special coffin may incur a charge.

Your baby’s funeral does not have to take place within a certain number of days. Before making any arrangements with your own funeral director, you can take time to think through and make your choices and discuss these with your family and friends.