Bereavement is highly personal and there’s no formula for how to deal with it. Even if you’ve been bereaved before, you won’t necessarily deal with each loss in the same way. However, there are recognisable reactions and emotions many of us experience
when someone close to us dies. Our Bereavement Handbook gives you some idea about the range of experiences many people go through after they’ve lost someone. As far as possible, the information given in this guide is applicable across the UK.

You might not want to do too much too soon, but there are things that need to be done in the first few days after someone dies. In this guide, we go through all the important tasks you need to start with plus some handy information on the Laws of Intestacy.