Getting started with planning ahead

Decide who will inherit your money, property and possessions, or look after children under 18 and pets.

Choose someone you trust to make decisions and look after your finances, or health and welfare for you.

Make an advance care plan to tell people how you'd like to be cared for and what's important to you.

Think about what you'd like to happen to your digital accounts after you die to help people close to you manage them.

Put plans in place for your bank accounts and finances to make things easier for the people important to you.

Read suggestions on what to think about when planning your own funeral, and how to make arrangements.