Help and Contacts

• Haringey Register Office
  For assistance with urgent weddings and Faith Burials

The following organisations can provide bereavement advice and support:

• GOV.UK - What to do after someone dies (external link)
• Support during your bereavement journey - NHS London (PDF, 929KB)
• London Assembly - How to cope with bereavement and grief during the coronavirus outbreak (external link)
• HM Revenue and Customs - Advice on Inheritance Tax and Probate - Telephone 0300 123 1072
• Death Notification Service - You can use the free Death Notification Service to notify a range of private companies about a death. Please visit the Death Notification Services website (external link) for more information
• Comparitech - Information on protection against posthumous identify theft (external link)
• ACAS provide advice to employees on their right to take time off work following a bereavement (external link)
• Age UK offer bereavement advice and support (external link)
• The Asian Funeral Service offers advice on and arranging Hindu Funerals. Tel 020 8909 3737. Email asianfuneralservice@btinternet.com
• Bereavement Advice Centre (external link) provides comprehensive advice on family bereavement, giving advice on funeral arrangement, family death counselling, etc
• The Compassionate Friends (external link) is a nationwide self-help organisation. Parents who have been bereaved offer friendship and support to other bereaved parents, grandparents and their families
• Child Death Helpline (external link) is based at Great Ormond Street Hospital and offers help and support to anyone affected by the death of a child
• Citizens Advice Bureau Advice Guide (external link) provides advice if you have difficulty in dealing with the deceased's property, possessions or guardianship of their children
• Court Service (external link) has information on Probate including application forms, fees etc
• The Counselling Directory (external link) provides advice on grieving and bereavement, and on what to look out for if you want to arrange bereavement counselling
• Cruse Bereavement Care (external link) helps people who have suffered a bereavement. It provides support through local volunteers
• Dying Matters (external link) provides advice and information on coping with bereavement
• Foreign Office (external link) provides travel information and assistance to UK citizens when home or abroad. They can also provide information about the repatriation of the deceased, if they have died abroad
• Funeral Choice (external link) offers free independent advice to help you choose the best funeral directors
• Sussex Willow Coffins (external link) Information about willow coffins and arranging an independent funeral (other suppliers of coffins are available)
• Funeral Guide (external link) to find a funeral director
• Healthwatch Haringey (external link) provide a list of organisations which can give advice on what to do after someone has died
• Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (external link) provides guidelines about standards of service to expect from professionals
• The Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service (external link) offers support on Jewish bereavement
• Lesbian and Gay Helpline (external link) helps lesbians and gay men whose partner has died - especially in the first difficult hours and days of bereavement. Helpline: 020 7403 5969 - open Tuesdays 7.30pm-10pm
• The NHS have a section on End of Life Care (external link)
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists (external link) have sensitive and useful information and links to other sources of support
• Samaritans (external link) are ordinary people from all walks of life who provide confidential, emotional support. Lines are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All calls are charged at the local rate. Helpline 08457 90 90 90
• SANDs Stillbirth and neonatal death charity (external link) - Helpline 0800 164 3332

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