Resources

Practical information

• Government resources on death and bereavement, including What to do when someone dies - the UK Government site to check what to do after a death, explain how to register a death, notify government departments and deal with the estate
• Tell Us Once - notifies all government departments 
• Death Notification Service - notifies a range of banks and building societies
• Bereavement Register, Stop Mail, Deceased Preference Service, Telephone Preference Service, Mailing Preference Service - notifies advertising mailing lists
• Bereavement Support Payment (a non-means tested payment available to people who were married or civil partnered) - how to apply
• Funeral Expenses Payment (available if you get certain benefits) - how to apply
  
• Inheritance tax guidance from the UK government (and the inheritance tax helpline)
• Guidance on applying for probate (and the probate helpline)

Sources of support

• Acas - The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) gives support and guidance around work and bereavement
• At a Loss – the UK's signposting website for anyone bereaved and those supporting them
• Bereaved Through Alcohol and Drugs
• Brake – for people bereaved through road accidents
• Coroners' Courts Support Service
• Cruse Bereavement Care
• Death Cafes
• Dying Matters - changing the culture around death, dying and bereavement
• Good Grief Trust
• Grassroots - suicide prevention charity
• GriefChat – access to professional bereavement support
• Greater Manchester Bereavement Service - support for people in Greater Manchester
• Loss Foundation
• Macmillan Cancer Support
• Marie Curie Bereavement Support
• National Bereavement Partnership
• National Bereavement Service
• NHS advice on bereavement
• Samaritans
• Shining a Light on Suicide: Bereaved by Suicide
• Sudden – for people bereaved by a sudden death
• Sue Ryder online bereavement support
• Suicide & Co - supporting people bereaved by suicide
• Support After Murder and Manslaughter
• Support After Suicide Partnership
• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
• UK Based Widows & Widowers Support Group Facebook group
• Widowed and Young – for people widowed before their 51st birthday and living in the UK, whether married or not, with or without children, whatever your sexual orientation, race or religion
• Widows Rising Facebook group​
• Young widowed facing the future together Facebook group