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Sue Ryder’s Online Bereavement Support: how it works
Finding Online Bereavement Support can be great help. In this guest article, our partners at Sue Ryder outline their range of online help. "If someone you love is dying or has died, the support you need can feel just out of reach. So, it’s comforting to know that help is never far away." What do Online Bereavement Support do Sue Ryder offer? Sue Ryder’s Online Bereavement Support makes it easy to connect with the right support for you. That could be: reliable information and resources, access to qualified counsellors or a finding community of others with similar experiences. All our [...]
Life Insurance: what do I need to consider?
If you're thinking about taking out life insurance, our guest article from award-winning life insurance broker Reassured gives an overview of the different types available. It also describes common pitfalls to avoid and top tips to secure the right cover. What is life insurance and how does it work? Life insurance is simply financial protection for your loved ones should you no longer be around to provide. It acts as a safety blanket for a worst-case scenario. The policyholder makes a monthly payment (the premium) for the lifetime of the policy (the term), to benefit from the set cover [...]
Grief Counselling and Bereavement Support
We would like to thank National Bereavement Partnership [NBP] for our conversation. Michaela Willis MBE (CEO of the charity) and Joanne Starbuck Ashton (Lead Counsellor) were so helpful. NBP provides an acute response helpline, counselling referral service and befriending programme for all those suffering from bereavement, grief, living loss, mental health issues. The aim of the conversation was to talk about what grief and bereavement counselling are, who they might benefit, where to find services and how much it might cost to get support after losing someone close. What is Grief and Bereavement Counselling? Aren’t they the same? [...]
What happens to accounts when someone dies?
If you're wondering: what happens to accounts when someone dies? The short answer is that unless you tell companies that someone has died, their accounts will continue to run. If there are benefits from the government, or interest on savings then you risk breaking the law by failing to inform companies about the death. Companies should be informed within 10 days, when someone dies. You need to contact all the organisations that this person had an account with, as soon as possible. Tell them about the death and stop the accounts or transfer them. You will also need the [...]