Guides and resources
Plain-English information for everyone. Everything here is free to read. You don't need a referral.
3 guides
After a death
Registering a death
Who can register, when, and what to bring.
After a death
Arranging a funeral
Choices, costs and what a funeral director does.
After a death
Telling organisations
Tell Us Once, banks, utilities and subscriptions.
After a death
Probate and the estate
Dealing with money, property and belongings.
Money and benefits
Help with funeral costs
Grants and payments you may be able to get.
Money and benefits
Benefits after a bereavement
Welfare benefits you may be able to claim.
Money and benefits
Benefits in hospital or a care home
What can change, and what you may be able to claim.
End of life
What to expect
Gentle guides to the final weeks and days.
End of life
Talking about wishes
Sharing what matters with the people you love.
End of life
Making a will
What a will covers and how to make one.
Support for you
Support for carers
Looking after yourself too.
Support for you
Supporting a grieving child
Talking to children about death, at any age.
Bereavement support directory
Independent organisations offering free support. These are not part of Life and Loss.
- Cruse Bereavement Support (external website)Free support for anyone grieving, by phone, online and face to face.
- At a Loss (external website)Helps you find bereavement support services that suit you.
- WAY Widowed and Young (external website)Support for people who lost a partner before they turned 51.
- The Compassionate Friends (external website)Support from other parents whose son or daughter has died, at any age.
- Sands (external website)Support for anyone affected by the death of a baby.
- Support After Suicide Partnership (external website)Helps people bereaved or affected by suicide find support.
- Winston’s Wish (external website)Support for children and young people after someone important dies.
- Child Bereavement UK (external website)Support when a child is grieving, or when a child dies.