Short Notice Burials Consultation

This consultation document has been prepared to gather views on proposed changes to the process followed when Falkirk Council Bereavement Services staff are asked to arrange interments of coffins and ashes caskets at short notice. These interments are referred to below as ‘short notice burials’.

‘Short notice’ is being defined loosely as, on the same day the application for burial is submitted or within the next five working days. These can be burial of a deceased person in a coffin (coffin burial) or cremation ashes in a casket (ashes casket burial).

The results of this consultation will inform an Equality and Poverty Impact Assessment (EPIA) of proposed changes to the existing process by which burials in Council managed cemeteries can be arranged at short notice. Once the assessment is complete it is anticipated a revised procedure on short notice burials will be adopted by Bereavement Services staff.

The Council welcomes comments from people of all sectors of society, from all faiths and from those with no religious faith.

If you have any questions about this consultation, please contact us at bereavement@falkirk.gov.uk