Bereavement Advice Centre

Bereavement Advice Centre is a free helpline and web-based information service.

We give practical information, advice and signposting on the many issues and procedures that face us after the death of someone close.

• What to do when someone dies
• Death certificate and coroner's inquest
• Registering a death and informing others
• The funeral
• Probate and other legal procedures
• Money and tax issues
• Coping with grief, and bereavement advice
• Personal representatives

We welcome calls from bereaved people and the professionals and volunteers who support them. Bereavement Advice Centre helps many people every day and aims to give straightforward, useful advice when you need it.

If we do not know the answer to a concern or query, we will research it and call back within an agreed period of time or signpost to another organisation which can give the information required.

Our aim is to identify and respond to areas of need rather than duplicate existing services. This is why we focus on practical concerns and signpost to other types of help.

Our free helpline is open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday except bank holidays.