helping with funeral expenses in Canada

[jasper]

A dear young friend has died in tragic circumstances in Canada. Funeral expenses are considerable. The family does not have much money.

I am trying to arrange for the Scottish friends and relatives to donate towards expenses. ( thousands)

How does one go about giving large sums of cash to friends abroad? (in this case Canada)

Sorry to hear this.

Paypal? So people can make large or small donations simply. (I don't use paypal but zillions of people do so someone on here will know if that's feasible)

Otherwise banker's drafts in CAN$. But each one will cost around a tenner I expect.

Or collect it all over here and then send one big CAN$ draft.

Thanks SueW I am very ignorant of all of this.

My friends' 25 year old son committted suicide earlier this week.

He was depressed and NOONE knew until he killed himself and left a note.

I am flying out to Canada in the morning for the funeral.

can't sleep.

You can transfer money at the post office using a moneygram - details here

Maximum is £5000 but not sure if that is per transaction...

HTH

bankers cheque made out in Canadian dollars at most highstreet banks

and how sad