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Portsmouth Water and Settld working together for the bereaved
Portsmouth Water and Settld pledge to make life simpler for bereaved and vulnerable customers New partnership with award-winning end-of-life admin service Settld will improve care for bereaved customers October 25th, 2022 Portsmouth Water is making life simpler for bereaved and vulnerable customers by signing a key deal with end-of-life admin service Settld. The utility company has today unveiled a new strategic partnership with the award-winning nationwide bereavement service. Settld will streamline end-of-life account administration for those handling the affairs of a Portsmouth Water customer who has died. The partnership has also initiated a new support service for the water [...]
Bereavement Leave
Bereavement Leave and Bereavement Payments Bereavement leave is time taken off work when someone has died. Most employers will allow staff to take bereavement leave ( known as compassionate leave) when someone close dies. The amount of time you can take and whether or not you will be paid depends on the age of the person who died. Who can get bereavement leave? Bereavement leave (which is classed as one form of Compassionate Leave) is an entitlement providing either: The person who died was a dependant (a partner, parent, child or someone else who relied on the [...]
What if there’s no Will? Intestacy Rules
What if there’s no will? A guide to intestacy rules What are intestacy rules? How do they apply? Most of us know that we should probably have a will. Research from Canada Life Ltd suggests that 59% of us, or 31 million people, don’t have one. Families and friends have nothing written down about what should happen to our estate after we pass away. If someone dies without leaving a will, then the estate is known as Intestate. If there’s no will, Intestacy Rules apply in England and Wales. This article gives an overview of the rules and processes. [...]
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 [...]