Surviving Your Partner

Sources of Useful Information

GENERAL

www.direct.gov.uk is a government website that gives information about a variety of relevant topics ranging from entitlement to bereavement payments and pensions from the Department of Work and Pensions, to bereavement counselling organisations, to probate and registration requirements.

Citizens' Advice Bureau. Free professional advice and information on all relevant topics. There is a branch in every town and city in Great Britain, which can be found through your local telephone directory.

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BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

Cruse Bereavement Care. www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk Offers counselling and also has a wide-ranging further reading list on the subject of bereavement, available on the website. Helpline Tel: 0870 167 1677. Young Person's helpline Tel:0808 808 1677.

BBC Losing Your Partner Online booklet accompanying the BBC Two programme The Widow's Tale

RD4U. This is Cruse's Youth Involvement Project, written for young people by young people. www.rd4u.org.uk
Child Bereavement Trust. Information and support to help children to cope. Tel:0845 357 1000.
www.childbereavement.org.uk

Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service, P.O.Box 6748, London N3 3BY. Tel:020 8349 0839

Lesbian and Gay Bereavement Project, Vaughan M. Williams Centre, Colindale Hospital, London NW9 5HG.
Tel:020 455 8894.

National Association of Widows, 48 Queens Road, Coventry CV1 3EH. Tel:024 7663 4848. www.widows.uk.net

Sudden Death Support Association, Dolphin House, Part Lane, Swallowfield, Reading, Berkshire, RC7 1 BB.
Tel:01189 889 797. www.ukselfhelp.info/suddendeath

Thanatos Books, Books for adults and children on death, dying, bereavement and loss. The Basement, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS. Tel:0161 834 9898.
www.thanatosbooks.seekbooks.co.uk

The Empty Bed, Bereavement and the Loss of Love, A book by Susan Wallbank, an experienced bereavement counsellor. Pub. Darton Longman & Todd. Available from George Penaluna, 5A Main Street, Cononley, Keighley BD20 8LL. Price £9.95 incl p&p.

Winston's Wish. Practical help and support for bereaved children and their families. The Clara Burgess Centre, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL 1 3NN. Tel:01452 394377. www.winstonswish.org.uk

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LIVING WILLS

Natural Death Centre, 20 Heber Road, London NW2 6AA. Tel:020 7359 8391.

Terrence Higgins Trust, 53-54 Grays Inn Road, London WC 1X 8JU. Helpline Tel:0845 1221 200. www.tht.org.uk

Law on the Web- simple summary www.lawontheweb.co.uk/basics/wills.htm

SOCIAL
The WAY Foundation, for those windowed under 50 and their children. Social activities, book loan scheme, mutual support network. PO Box 6767, Brackley NN 13 6YW. Tel:0870 01 1 3450 (May be an answerphone). www.wayfoundation.org.uk

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SINGLE PARENTING

Gingerbread, 7 Sovereign Close, Sovereign Court, London E1W 2HW. Tel:020 7488 9300, Fax: 020 7488 9333. Freephone helpline: 0800 018 9333. Email:office@gingerbread.org.uk. Website: www.gingerbread.org.uk.

4Children, (was Kids Club Network), Tel:0870 770 2498. Fax:0870 770 2499. www.4Children.org.uk.