Hi Jenny, 

I'm so sorry to hear your husband has passed away and on behalf of the Cancer Chat team I just wanted to offer our condolences to you and your family. I'm also sorry about the situation you now find yourself in and have found some information about arranging a funeral and funeral costs on our website here which may help but I would recommend giving our cancer nurses a call tomorrow about this as they will be able to advise you further. If you're in the UK you can call them for free on 0808 800 4040 between 9a.m - 5p.m and are available Monday - Friday.

Wishing you all the best at this difficult time, 

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi Jenny,

So sorry to read that your husband has died so soon after being diagnosed. I can only imagine what you're going through. 

Talk to a more sensitive funeral director - my family has used the Co-op in the past and they seemed OK and will have processes in place to help people in difficult situations.

Steph has pointed you to some practical help - there's also some information here which might help www.co-operativefuneralcare.co.uk/.../ I'm not sure but the funding they refer to might be different to those Steph has linked to. A long as your husband was paying his National Insurance while he was working, there's no reason you shouldn't get the benefits you're entitled to including help with funeral costs. 

Good luck

Dave