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The Office for National Statistics’ published data shows that 4912 deaths by suicide were registered for England in 2020, with an overall suicide rate of 10 per 100,000. A further 285 deaths were registered as suicides in Wales for the...

It’s Carers Week, a yearly awareness campaign to recognise how much unpaid carers provide support to family members. In this blog we talk about how carers can bring up the sensitive subject of estate planning and why it is important...

The National Bereavement Service often receives calls from people who want to exclude specific people from a funeral. We also receive calls from those who feel they should have been consulted about a funeral and have objections to what is...

For Dementia Action Week, Anne from the National Bereavement Service shares her personal experiences of caring for her mum through the advancing stages of dementia. Early signs of dementia It wasn’t memory loss that first alerted my sister and I...

When someone you love dies it is already a traumatic time and if you are worried you might inherit debt it is even more difficult. It is important to know that debts are paid off by a person’s estate. Their...

The death of someone close to you is difficult. That’s true even if the event is expected and comes as something of a relief at the end of a progressive and debilitating disease.  So, it may be a shock to...

One person’s experience of grief after the death of their parent It’s 6am and I have just woken from a dream about my mum, who died 6 years ago. This has prompted me to write this blog about my own...

The National Day of Reflection is being coordinated by Marie Curie and supported by very many organisations including the Church of England. Covid-19 is still very much present with increasing infection rates and a second Omicron variant on the rise....

This weekend past was Pet Awareness Day. The profound grief that may be experienced after the death of a companion animal is overlooked and even trivialised by people without insight or compassion.  A wedding service includes the words ‘til death...

‘We need something using the colour orange – it’s the branding this year for National Grief Awareness week. How about a chocolate orange?’ ‘We need something using the colour orange – it’s the branding this year for National Grief Awareness...