Financial help you might be entitled to
The following benefits may be payable because of your bereavement:
- Bereavement Allowance (previously Widow's Pension)
- Bereavement Payment
- Child Benefit if a child or parent dies
- Funeral Payments
- Guardian's Allowance
- War Widow(er) Pension
- Widowed Parent's Allowance
Advice on what to do when someone dies
The following websites can offer support and advice on what to do after someone dies:
- the GOV.UK website has a step-by-step guide on what to do after someone dies
- the Tell Us Once service allows you to report someone's death to several organisations at once
- the Wirral Infobank website gives information about organisations that offer help for people suffering a bereavement
- your benefits, tax and pension after the death of a spouse
- use the benefits calculators to find out what benefits you could be entitled to
- what to do when someone dies during the COVID-19 pandemic