Advice and Guidance about Loss
The information here has been developed to help families and carers in the first days and weeks following a bereavement. It gives practical advice on registering a death, making funeral arrangements, people who should be told and things that need to be done.
You will be able to access information on...
- How to register a loved ones death
- Where to find your nearerst registrar and funeral director
- Advice on arranging a funeral
- People to be told and things that need to be done
- Support for those bereaved
- Yours or a child's grief
- Information regarding Hospice in the Weald Remembrance Events
- Setting up a Tribute site for a loved one
Useful numbers and resources
DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) Booklet ‘What to do after a death’
Kent & Sussex Crematorium: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, 01892 523894
www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/residents/burials-and-cremations
Counselling Support Services: Hospice in the Weald, 01892 820583
Cruse Bereavement Care: West Kent, 01732 353575 or 0870 167 1677
National Association of Funeral Directors, 0121 711 1343
The National Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors, 01279 726777
The British Humanist Association, 020 7324 3060
www.humanism.org.uk/ceremonies/non-religious-funerals
The Law Society (for a list of solicitors)
The Bereavement Register (to stop unwanted direct mail), 0800 634 9494
www.thebereavementregister.org.uk
Natural Death Centre, 01962 712690
www.naturaldeath.org.uk
