Saffron Health PartnershipBereavement
Bedford Bereavement Services
Offering support to all bereaved people during our group meetings held monthly at
Norse Rd Crematorium.
Telephone: 01234 718150
Website: www.bedford.gov.uk
The Compassionate Friends
Supporting bereaved parents and their families after the death of their son or
daughter, at any age and from any cause.
Helpline: 0845 123 2304
Telephone: 01767 689781
Website: www.tcf.org.uk
Age UK
Age UK publishes a number of useful guides and factsheets on coping with the end of life. These include ‘When someone dies’, ‘Bereavement’, ‘Making a will’, ‘Dealing with an estate’ and ‘Planning for a funeral’.
Advice Line: 0800 678 1602
Website: www.ageuk.org.uk
Email: contact@ageuk.co.uk
Child Bereavement UK
Clare Charity Centre, Wycombe Road, Saunderton, Bucks, HP14 4BF.
Helpline: 0800 02 888 40
Website: www.childbereavementuk.org
Citizens Advice Bureau
For free, independent, confidential and impartial advice.
Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse offers bereavement support, advice and information over the phone, face to face and online.
National Helpline: 0808 808 1677
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Mind
Mind offers confidential help on a range of mental health issues. They also provide a special legal service to the public, lawyers and mental health workers. To find your local Mind, go to the website.
Mind Info Line: 0300 123 3393
Text: 86463
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Email: info@mind.org.uk
Probate and Inheritance Tax
Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00. Closed weekends and bank holidays.
Helpline: 0300 123 1072
Sands (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society)
Victoria Charity Centre, 11 Belgrave Road, London, SW1V 1RB.
Helpline: 0808 164 3332
Website: www.sands.org.uk
Email: helpling@sands.org.uk
Veterans UK
Ministry of Defence, Norcross, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancs, FY5 3WP.
Freephone: 0808 1914 4 18 (UK only)
Website: www.gov.uk/veterans-uk
Email: veterans-uk@mod.uk
Road Victims Trust
A support service for anyone bereaved or otherwise affected by a road collision.
Covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
Telephone: 01234 843345
Website: www.rvtrust.org.uk
Email: enquiries@rvtrust.co.uk
Way Up
A national charity offering a social and support network for men and women who lost their partner when aged 51 or over.
Website: www.way-up.co.uk
The Bereavement Service Helpline
If you need to report the death of some receiving benefits. They will tell you each office that paid benefit and offer you an eligibility test.
Helpline: 0800 731 0469
Textphone: 0800 731 0464
Child Death Helpline
Telephone: 0800 282 986 or 0808 800 6019 if you are calling from a mobile
Website: www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk
Civil Legal Advice
Helpline: 0345 345 4 345
Text: ‘legal aid’ and your name to 80010 to get a call back
website: www.gov.uk/civil-legal-advice
Department for Work and Pensions
The Office of Public Guardian
Monday to Friday, 09:30-17:00 and Wednesday 10:00-17:00.
Telephone: 0300 456 0300
Textphone: 0115 934 2778
Samaritans
Samaritans is a free confidential emotional support service for anyone in the UK.
Telephone: 116 123
Website: www.samaritans.org
Email: jo@samaritans.org
The Good Funeral Guide
UK’s only not-for-profit independent information resource for funeral advice.
Website: www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk
War Widows Association of Great Britain
Telephone: 0845 241 2189
Website: www.warwidows.org.uk
Email: info@warwidows.org.uk