Other helpful organisations
Help with funeral arrangements and costs
Child Funeral Charity (CFC)
Area served: England and Wales
Telephone: 01480 276 088
Website: www.childfuneralcharity.org.uk
Under the Children's Funeral Fund, the fees and expenses for burials and cremations are met largely by government funding. CFC will continue to fund the elements of the funeral that are not covered by the new fund, in England and Wales.
enquiries@childfuneralcharity.org.uk
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Funeral Link
Area served: Dundee & Tayside
Telephone: 01382 458 800
Website: www.funerallink.org.uk
A charity which supports families in Dundee struggling with a funeral. They can offer support and independent advice on how to make the best choices to suit individual emotional and financial needs. They are also a signposting service for other organisations in the area for bereavement support.
info@funerallink.org.uk
Good Life Good Death Good Grief
Area served: Scotland
Website: www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk
Services: An alliance of organisations that can support bereaved parents and families in Scotland. They have an abundance of resources of up-to-date contacts from general information when someone has died, to organising a funeral, and then bereavement support for different people / reasons.
Meningitis Now
Area served: National
Telephone: 0808 80 10 388
Website: www.meningitisnow.org
Support and information for families who have lost a loved one to meningitis and everyone who has suffered and recovered from meningitis. Free counselling, online support and befrienders throughout the UK. Family days - children who have meningitis or lost someone to it. Financial grants including a grant up to £1000 for funeral or headstone costs for the individual who has died from meningitis.
helpline@meningitisnow.org
National Bereavement Service
Telephone: 0800 024 6121
Website: www.the NBS.org.uk
Services: Willl support around practical arrangements following a death. This NHS team of advisors will deal with any and every question related to a death. If they don't have the answer, they will try to signpost to someone who does. This information service is free and impartial and works with individuals to identify the best solution in their circumstances using straight-forward language. This is combined with empathy and understanding of the experience of bereavement and if required, directing individuals to longer term sources of emotional support,
Hours: open Mon - Fri 09.00-18.00 and Saturday 10.00 - 14.00
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