Good Funeral Guide – good advice on funeral planning
- decide how the body of your dead person will be cared for by whom
- make informed choices about products and services
- get best value for money
- read reviews of best funeral directors
- create a meaningful and memorable funeral ceremony
- create an end-of-life plan
- acquire some background information about death and dying, and find out where to learn more.
Bereavement Advice Centre is a free helpline and web-based information service provided by Independent Trust Corporation. They give practical information and advice on the many issues and procedures that face us after the death of someone close.
They welcome calls from the bereaved and the professionals and volunteers who support them. Bereavement Advice Centre helps many people every day and aims to give straightforward, useful advice when you need it.
Tel: 0800 634 9494
Email: [email protected]
Offers one-to-one bereavement counselling for any bereaved person, 14 yrs old or over, who needs support after a loss. The service is free but they are grateful for donations.
Bereavement support for young people aged 12 to 18, provided by trained volunteers aged under 25.
Tel: 0808 808 1677 (9.30am-5.00pm Mondays to Fridays).
Email: [email protected]
SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society)
28 Portland Place
Email: mailto:[email protected],
Helpline for affected by a death of any age, however long ago.
Tel: 0800 282986
Information and support, including legal advice, for relatives of people who have died in a road accident, or for those who have been injured.
Tel: 0845 4500 355 (9.00am-9.00pm 7 days a week).
A safe, confidential environment in which survivors of suicide bereavement may share and work through their pain.
Helpline: 0870 241 3337,
Funeral Services Guide – For One-Stop Independent Bereavement Advice
Funeral Services One-stop Guide to finding quality service providers, independent advice on prepaid plans, putting affairs in order and bereavement issues.
Counselling Ddirectory.org.
Grief Recovery.co.uk Carole Batchelor – Certified Grief Recovery Specialist
Once the funeral is over many people feel lost – what next? Unlike therapy where people are told to go away for months before they can start to heal Grief Recovery can start immediately. It is an action plan to help you move beyond loss and can be effective immediately after a loss or many decades later. 01234 862218
From the US Death for Beginners Your No-Nonsense, Money-Saving Guide to Planning for the Inevitable
Death for beginners
The British Government has a good site called the Money Advice Service that gives you lots of helpful information about the finance of someone who has died. They also have a service called ‘Tell us Once’ that will notify all the government departments about the death of your loved one which we think is good joined-up thinking.