Dealing with death

The following are links that offers support in dealing with the practical and emotional issues of death and bereavement. You can also read more about end of life services in Tower Hamlets in the registering a death section.

Also, download the leaflet below to find out about how to deal with a death.

Wills, legal and financial

• Find a solicitor & paying for legal help
• Making a will
• Wills and probate
• Inheritance tax and the Inland Revenue (more)
• Financial planning advice
• Financial support for widows
• War widow's pension
• Tax affairs

Registering a death

• Registering a death at Tower Hamlets register office
• General register office
• Death overseas
• Reporting death to a coroner

Funerals

• Preplanning your funeral
• What to do after a death (pdf)
• Paying for a funeral (more)
• Help paying for a funeral
• Time off work for funerals
• Memorials and gravestones

Grieving

• What to do when someone dies
• The Samaritans
• Family grieving
• Royal College of psychiatrists
• The compassionate friends
• Cruse Bereavement Care
• Bereavement register
• Roadpeace
• Bereavement payment

Leaflet

Download a copy (PDF 408k) of the Tower Hamlets after a death leaflet.

Also available in Somali (Word 144k) and Bengali (PDF 256k).

Pid Nos: 328, 329, 334