Bereavement

Help and support is available from Age Concern

Help and support are available from:

Cruse Bereavement Care, - Anyone can contact Cruse if they want to talk about themselves or someone they know who has been affected by death. TEL: 01702 213843 or 08701671677

Compassionate Friends, Joan and Maurice Lacey, tel 01255 426280

National Association of Widows. Offer friendship and social life a friendship contact list, twice-yearly newsletters, national, regional and local events. If you are a widow and would like to become involved with the Association, please contact the address below for details of head office membership or branch membership.

Office Administrator, National Association of Widows, 3rd Floor, 48 Queens Road, Coventry, CV1 3EH. Tel/fax: 0845 838 2261 Email: info@nawidows.org.uk

Help the Aged have an advice leaflet, Bereavement.
Ring freephone 0808 800 6565. Textphone (Minicom) 0800 269626, email adviceleaflets@helptheaged.org.uk, or go to www.helptheaged.org.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions publishes a booklet, D49 What to do after a death in England and Wales, giving practical details of what you should do after a death. It is available from the Benefits Agency and registrars.
Which? publish a useful book, What to do when someone dies. It is available from bookshops or most libraries.
Age Concern factsheets: 14 Dealing with somone else's estate, 27 Arranging a funeral. Available by ringing freephone 0800 009966 or go to www.ageconcern.org.uk . Southend Central Library has a copy for reference.