Helpful Organisations

Offering advice on all aspects of bereavement from registering a death and finding a funeral director through to probate, tax and benefit queries.

Bereavement Advice Centre | About Us | Freephone 0800 634 9494 

Details on who needs to be notified following a death, including the 'Tell Us Once' service.

What to do when someone dies: step by step - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

Valuable information about what to do when someone has died and information about other services for older people.

What to do when someone dies: step-by-step checklist | Age UK 

Supporting people after the death of someone close. 

Home - Cruse Bereavement Support Email; helpline@cruise.org.uk

Peer to peer support for men and women under 50 who are widowed.

WAY Widowed & Young - Bereavement support UK  

Supporting bereaved parents following the loss of a child of any age. Welcome to the Rosie Crane Trust - Supporting bereaved parents 

A charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents who have suffered the death of a child.

The Compassionate Friends (tcf.org.uk) 

Supporting bereaved families following the death of a young child or infant.

The Lullaby Trust - Safer sleep for babies, Support for families 

Offering support to adults impacted by suicide loss.

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide – Overcoming the isolation of people bereaved by suicide (uksobs.org) 

Providing counselling and emotional support for patients, families, friends and carers who have been affected or bereaved by cancer or any other life-threatening condition, across Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.   

We Hear You Cancer Counselling 

Offering support to those in distress who feel suicidal or despairing and need someone to talk to.

 Samaritans | Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy | Here to listen