Useful Links

Sometimes the amount of things that need doing can be overwhelming, and you may need support and advice to guide you through matters practical, and emotional.

We have put together a series of links which you may find useful during this difficult time

Coping With Loss

• Cruse Bereavement Care
• www.samaritans.org
• http://www.roadpeace.org/
  The UK specialist charity supporting road traffic victims and their families.
• Macmillan Cancer Support
  If someone close to you dies from cancer
• Compassionate Friends
  Offers support and friendship to bereaved parents and families.
• WAY
  A charity offering support, help and understanding for those widowed at aged 50 and under.
• Merry Widow
  Originally designed as a standalone survival guide for young widows, but since developed into a hugely popular online resource for anyone who has lost a partner
• Winston's Wish
  Gives support for those caring for children affected by the death of a parent
• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
  A self help organisation which exists to meet the needs of those bereaved by the suicide of a family member
• Counselling Directory
  Find a Counsellor Near You

Financial and Practical

• Bereavement Benefits  advice on from Citizens Advice Bureau on how and where to obtain benefits that may be due to you
• Direct.gov.uk. A concise and accurate list of the legal requirements with links to benefits agencies
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  Follow links to Traveling & Living Abroad - contact us
  Government number for advice for deaths overseas or contacting relatives known to be overseas
• The Bereavement Register
  Helping to stop unwanted direct mail to the deceased

Arranging the Funeral

• Humanist Funerals:
  www.humanism.org.uk
• Green Funerals
  www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
• Registrars:
  Manchester
  Stockport
  Trafford
• Crematoria and Cemeteries:
  Southern Cemetery
  Blackley Cemetery and Crematorium
  Gorton Cemetery