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).