The Marie Curie Cancer Care Bereavement booklet
Please also see our Bereavement booklet for information that is not available online.
Directgov
Directgov includes a section on bereavement benefits.
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Job centre
Your local JobCentre or JobCentre Plus office should be able to provide you with information about bereavement benefits or other benefits. Visit its search page to search for the address, phone number and email address of your local office.
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Help the Aged
Help the Aged produces summary sheets Guide to Estate Administration
and Guide to Estate Administration in Scotland.
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The Citizen's Advice Bureau
The Citizen's Advice Bureau's online Advice guide includes information about benefits for people who have been bereaved.
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Age Concern
Age Concern's guide What to do when someone dies includes sections on help with funeral costs and financial assistance if you are bereaved.
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Bereavement Advice Centre
Bereavement Advice Centre offers advice on bereavement, including tax and benefit queries. You can also call the helpline 0800 634 9494 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, answer machine at all other times).
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Facing Bereavement
Facing Bereavement has a section on financial issues, including bereavement payments and assistance with funeral costs.
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The Bereavement Register
The Bereavement Register aims to reduce the amount of direct mail sent to people who have died by providing a register for companies to check.
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Bereavement Benefits
Entitled To has an online benefits and tax credit calculator for all four countries.
If I Should Die has a section about bereavement benefits.
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Please note: Marie Curie Cancer Care provides links to third party websites where appropriate and is not responsible for the availability or content of any of these linked sites.
