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Talk to Us: Who to Talk to & How to Listen 24th July is Samaritans Awareness Day, when the organisation runs its annual Talk to Us campaign which encourages people to talk, and to listen. When anyone is going through...

Does your workplace have a bereavement policy in place? Bereavement is likely to affect most of us at some point during our working lives, especially as the working population is getting older. But how does your workplace support your people...

Bereaved people living together with dependent children can now claim additional financial support. Parliament has approved the draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022, allowing parents who are not married or in a civil partnership to claim Widowed Parent’s Allowance, or...

Funeral plans are a great way of making sure that you get the funeral you want at a price you can afford, while helping those close to you to make decisions at what is a difficult time. According to a...

Do your people know what to do when someone dies? Bereavement affects most people during their lifetime, but many don’t know what to do when someone dies. Do your people, service providers or volunteers know how to answer questions such...

National Grief Awareness Week is sponsored by The Good Grief Trust, taking place from 2nd – 8th December 2022. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the impact of grief, and how early access to support can prevent serious mental...

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...