When someone dies, there are many decisions and arrangements to be made. Unfortunately, these decisions and arrangements are required at a time of great personal distress and sadness.
For carers bereavement can mean the loss of a family member but it might also include the person who you have been caring for .. and this maybe a friend and not someone who you’re related to.
Coping with bereavement is something that we will all experience at some point in our lives. Different people react in very different ways and it is common to feel a whole variety of emotions, which can be unnerving and at times overwhelming. Nothing can really prepare you for when you lose someone close to you and it is important to remember that you should allow yourself time to react to grief in the way that is best for you.
Register The Death
www.gov.uk/after-a-death/register-the-death
Register a stillbirth
www.gov.uk/register-stillbirth
Arrange the funeral
www.gov.uk/after-a-death/arrange-the-funeral
Organisations you need to contact
www.gov.uk/after-a-death/organisations-you-need-to-contact-and-tell-us-once
Dealing with Tax and Benefits
www.gov.uk/after-a-death/tax-and-benefits
Death Abroad
www.gov.uk/after-a-death/death-abroad
If the person left a will
www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/if-the-person-left-a-will
If the person didn’t leave a will
www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/if-the-person-didntleave-a-will
Applying for a grant of resolution
www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/applying-for-a-grant-of-representation
Once the grant’s been issued
www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/once-the-grants-been-issued
Property and Bank Accounts
www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/property-and-bank-accounts
Tax on property money and shares
www.gov.uk/tax-property-money-shares-you-inherit
Search for probate records
www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/searching-for-probate-records
Bereavement payments
www.gov.uk/bereavement-payment
Bereavement allowance (previously widow’s benefit)
www.gov.uk/bereavement-allowance
Widowed parent’s allowance
www.gov.uk/widowed-parents-allowance
Guardian’s allowance
https://www.gov.uk/guardians-allowance
What happens to your state pension when you die
Child benefit if a child or parents dies
www.gov.uk/child-benefit-child-parent-dies
Universal Credit
Income support
www.gov.uk/income-support/overview
Jobseeker’s allowance
www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance
Pension Credit
Housing benefit
SUPPORT FOR MORTGAGE INTEREST (SIM)
www.gov.uk/support-for-mortgage-interest
Child tax credit