Bereavement

Benefits Available After a Death
Online factsheet outlining the benefits available after a death.

Burial and Cremation Records
Information about how to obtain burial and cremation records in County durham.

Community Legal Service Direct (CLS Direct)
Information about legal problems. Find out who and where your local adviser is and if it costs anything.

Coroner Service
Information about the Coroner's Service.

Dealing with Bereavement
Practical guidance from Directgov, on dealing with a bereavement, including organising a funeral, registering a death, financial assistance and support services.

Exhumation
Information about how to arrange for a body to be exhumed.

Funerals and the Environment in County Durham
This information is aimed at anyone with an interest in looking after the planet for future generations. Concerns about issues such as pollution and global warming mean that more and more people are trying to live their lives in an environmentally friendly way. As a result there is now a growing interest in the environmental impacts of funerals.

Lawrights
UK law portal providing legal documents and services for English law

National Association of Funeral Directors
Contains extensive information on the Association, including the latest news, details about the kind of services you can expect to receive from Members, education programmes and the pre-payment funeral plan.

Natural Death Centre
Help with DIY and environmentaly friendly funerals.

Register Office Locations and Contact Details
The registration service is responsible for registering births, marriages and deaths. Contact details are provided.

Registering Deaths
Information about registering a death, and the process you need to go through.

Repatriation of Remains
Information about how to ensure that the body can be laid to rest outside of the country of death.

UK Funerals Online
Useful funeral information site