Bereavement helplines
Bereavement-Gard
A simple and confidential
service to safeguard against uninvited marketing telephone calls in
the weeks following your loss.
Tel: 0800 7810999
Child Death Helpline
Tel: 0800 282986
Website: www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk
The Compassionate Friends
Tel: 0117
9539639
Website: www.tcf.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care
Tel: 0870
1671677
Website: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
The Natural Death Centre
A charitable
project launched in Britain in 1991. It aims to support those dying
at home and their carers and to help people to arrange inexpensive,
Do-It-Yourself and environmentally-friendly funerals.
Tel: 020 7359 8391
Website: www.naturaldeath.org.uk
The Samaritans (Tamworth)
Tel: 01827 709637
Website: www.samaritans.org
Useful publications
What to do after death DSS leaflet D49 free from the Benefits
Agency or from the Post Office.
Probate - Dealing with someone's Estate factsheet 14 from Age
Concern (tel 0808 808 6060).