Links

Legal Advice

In conjunction with WAY, Irwin Mitchell solicitors have created some useful legal fact sheets to guide you through some of the bureaucracy following a death.

Other websites

The WAY Foundation is not responsible for the content of external websites. While we do check these sites regularly, we can't guarantee that offensive material doesn't appear when we're not looking. If you know of any useful sites that aren't listed here, please let us know.

Bereavement support for adults and children

• Care for the Family - charity with a Christian emphasis that seeks to support family life. See A Different Journey for those bereaved early in life and Single Parent Family
• Child Bereavement Trust helps bereaved families
• Child Bereavement Network a national federation of organisations and individuals working with bereaved children and young people
• Compassionate Friends support for bereaved parents and their families
• Cruse Bereavement Care offers bereavement help, advice and counselling
• Daisy's Dream supports bereaved children in Berkshire and surrounding area
• GreenWidow book written by WAY chairman Rachel Green - A Matter of Life & Death
• Grief Encounter website designed to help children through bereavement
• London Bereavement Network forum for bereavement services in Greater London
• Merry Widow information for widows written by a young widowed mother
• National Association of Widows self-help group run by widows for widows
• Noah's Ark Trust supports bereaved children, young people and families in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
• Sudden Death Support Association helps relatives and friends of people who have died suddenly
• Winston's Wish supports bereaved children and young people

Support for parents

• National Children's Bureau promotes the interests and well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives
• National Council For One Parent Families access to information and free publications
• OneUp Magazine magazine for single parents and step parents
• Parents Already useful resources for one parent families
• Single Parents information for single parents

Helplines/advice/official

• Counselling Directory is a free service for finding a counsellor near you
• Help to Heal offers resources and information about accredited counsellors in the UK
• If I Should Die practical information and support linked to death
• The Bereavement Register stopping unwanted mail for the deceased.
  
• Dept of Work and Pensions offers a guide to available benefits
• Inland Revenue offers help and advice for people who are bereaved
• Telephone Preference Service stopping unwanted telephone calls
• Mail Preference Service stopping junk mail
• Fax Preference Service stopping junk faxes
• Safe Justice help and advice for families when a friend or relative dies abroad
• Bereavement Helpline Wales 0870 240 6578 Mon-Fri 10am-2pm, and 7pm-11pm, Sat & Sun noon till midnight.

Other useful charities

• Road Peace national charity for road traffic victims
• SAMM national organisation for support after murder and manslaughter
• SCARD support and care after road death
• SOBS survivors of bereavement by suicide

Holidays

• One Parent Family Holidays holidays for single parents
• Family Holiday Association financial help for holidays for families in need
• Mango Kids Holidays holidays for lone parents and their children>
• The Sand Rose Project provides a peaceful setting where visitors, who have experienced bereavement, can take a break in a beneficial environment
• Small Families escorted group holidays for single parents

Financial help

• Joint Educational Trust helps children who have suffered tragedy or trauma to attend independent schools where they have a real chance of reaching their potential

Funerals

• Association Of Independent Funeral Advisers helps people arrange funerals that reflect the personal character and beliefs of someone who has died
• Native Woodland offers plots for natural burial, interment and scattering of ashes in beautiful natural scenic landscapes across the UK
• We need to talk about the funeral how to plan the funeral you really want

Online memorials

• A Life Recorded online tributes and memorials
• Much Loved charity offering personalised online memorials with the option of raising money for a chosen charity
• Remembered Relatives website where you can leave a tribute for a loved one

Various

• Bereavement Poems and Articles
  
• Remembrance wristbands also available from funeral directors, florists and retailers. The bands are black and feature the wording:"Loved today, yesterday and forever more."