Covid-19: information for bereavement service managers & practitioners
This page is for those running bereavement services...
Mental health and wellbeing plan for England: discussion paper
Read our response to the discussion paper
Covid-19 public inquiry: final Terms of Reference published
Terms of Reference adjusted to include bereavement support
Bereavement: journal of grief and responses to death relaunches
All journal content and back copies are now open access
Ukraine crisis – information for bereavement service managers and practitioners
Resources to support families affected by the crisis in Ukraine
UK Commission on Bereavement – exploring issues & recommendations
We are working with other UK charities to support a Commission exploring issues around bereavement and making recommendations on how to better support bereaved people. Read more about the Commission’s work here.
Keeping in touch when you can’t be with someone who may die
In this difficult time of coronavirus, we are all restricted...
NHS Coronavirus bereavement scheme extended
The government has extended its bereavement scheme to those...
Social Fund Funeral Payments to increase from April
Following years of campaigning from the Funeral Poverty Alliance and many others, the government has increased the Social Fund ‘other funeral expenses’ payment from £700 to £1,000 from April 2020. This payment, made to those on a low income...
Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay introduced on 6 April
Parents who suffer the devastating loss of a child under 18 are now entitled to two weeks of statutory leave. The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Regulations, which will be known as Jack’s Law in memory of Jack Herd...