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Advice and Assessment Service Children’s Services Plymouth City Council Plymouth PL1 2AA |
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01752 308600 |
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adviceandassessment@plymouth.gov.uk |
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01752 308601 |
Related pages
Links
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- Samaritans
- SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society)
- Plymouth SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society)
- National Association of Widows
- Citizens Advice
- Directgov - Bereavement Factsheets
- Department for Work and Pensions
- The Child Bereavement Trust
- Mental Health Act Commission
- National Patient Safety Agency
- Armchair Advice
- Directgov - What to do after a death
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Bereavement
Help for those who are left
A death in the family can cause money problems for those who are left. This may only be for a short time, while you wait for the case to be released after probate, or you may need long-term help.
The Government introduced a new system of bereavement benefits for men and women from 9 April 2001. Those getting Widow’s Pension or Widowed Mother’s Allowance will continue to get them for as long as they satisfy the existing entitlement conditions.
Check the Directgov - Bereavement Factsheets for more details.
Support and comfort
You may feel that you want more than practical advice, and that you need to talk with someone sympathetic who is outside your immediate family or with other people who have been through a similar experience. In addition to ministers of religion and hospital chaplains there are several organizations in England and Wales which give this kind of support.
