Bereavement Services

Practical Bereavement Services

Bereavement Advice Centre
A National organisation offering advice on all aspects of bereavement, from registering the death and finding a funeral director to probate, tax and benefit queries.
Telephone: 0800 634 9494 (Mon-Fri 9.00-5.00pm)
www.bereavementadvice.org

Bolton Care and Repair
Bolton Care and Repair service is here to help older and vulnerable residents to live independently in safe, warm, secure, well maintained and adapted homes.
https://www.boltoncareandrepair.org

Citizens Advice
Find details for your local office in the phone book or on the following website.
citizensadvice.org.uk

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Bereavement Service
Call to find out if any bereavement benefits are due. If you don't use the Tell Us Once service, call to notify the DWP about the death.
Telephone: 0345 606 0265
www.gov.uk/after-a-death/tax-and-benefits

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Help with tax, probate and benefits after a death.
Telephone: 0300 200 3300
https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance

National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD)
Gives help and advice on what to do after a death. Advises on arranging funerals and has information on what you should expect from a funeral director.
618 Warwick Road, Solihull B911AA
Telephone: 0845 230 1343
Email: info@nafd.org.uk
https://nafd.org.uk

Once Upon a Smile
Once Upon a Smile can provide you with emotional and practical support at your time of need to enable you to adjust to a new life without your loved one. We support children and families when a parent/guardian or sibling has died.
onceuponasmile.org.uk/

Probate Registry
The Probate Registry supports people to apply for the legal right to deal with someone's property, money and possessions (their 'estate') when they die is called 'applying for probate'.
gov.uk/applying-for-probate

Tell Us Once
A free service in England, Scotland and Wales that lets you report a death to most government and local council departments in one go.
Telephone: 0800 085 7308
www.gov.uk/after-a-death/organisations-you-need-to-contact-and-tell-us-once

The Death Notification Service
The Death Notification Service has been created to allow you to notify of a person's death to a number of banks and building societies (financial institutions) at the same time. Our aim is to make the process quick and easy for you to inform them at a time that suits you.
www.deathnotificationservice.co.uk

The Money Advice Service
This Money Advice Service provides advice and guides to help people improve their finances. This includes tools and calculators to help keep track and plan ahead – Support can be received over the phone or online.
www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk

The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF)
Association whose members are all independent funeral directors. Helps people understand the role of funeral directors and explains some of the procedures and terms you may encounter when arranging a funeral. Links to bereavement counselling providers.
3 Bullfields, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9DB
Telephone: 0345 230 6777 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
www.saif.org.uk

The National Will Register
Certainty Will Search and Will Registration is exclusively recommended by key organisations and used by thousands of solicitors, the public, charities and financial institutions to register Wills and search for Wills.
nationalwillregister.co.uk

The Natural Death Centre
Provides information regarding a 'good funeral' – which is explained as one where you, the person arranging the funeral, feel in control of what happens, and where you are given clear information about the choices available to you.
This includes information on traditional religious services, 'semi-religious' or a completely non-religious ceremony. Information is also included in relation to having no service at all.
naturaldeath.org.uk