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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
  • Settld or Life Ledger, which notify financial services, online and social media, household services and utilities
  • 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)
  • Intestacy - what do do when someone dies without a will
  • 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
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