Bereaved
If you are recently bereaved, there may be benefits, grants or other financial support available to you.
Benefits
Bereavement can make a big difference to how much money you have coming in. It would be a good idea to check to see if you’re entitled to any benefits.
Apply for benefits
To check what benefits you might be entitled to quickly and easily, you can use the Turn2us Benefits Calculator.
To read more about the benefits available for people who are recently bereaved, select from the list.
Are you claiming a benefit which expects you to look for work?
If you’re claiming a benefit which expects you to look for work, you should tell your work coach about your bereavement. If the person who died was your partner or your dependent child, you shouldn’t be expected to look for work for a while. If the death has caused a big disruption in your life, you should tell your work coach and ask them to adjust your claimant commitment.
Turn2us Benefits Calculator
To check what benefits you might be entitled to quickly and easily, you can use the Turn2us Benefits Calculator.
Bereavement Support Payment
If your husband, wife or civil partner died on or after 6 April 2017 and you are under 66, you may be able to get Bereavement Support Payment.
Widowed Parent's Allowance
If your husband, wife or civil partner died before 6 April 2017, you are pregnant or have dependent children under the age of 19 (or 20 if getting Child Benefit for them) and you were married or in a civil partnership when your partner died.
Funeral Expenses Payment
If you live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, you are (or your partner was) receiving certain benefits and you are responsible for funeral costs.
Funeral Support Payment (Scotland)
If you live in Scotland, you are (or your partner was) receiving certain benefits and you are responsible for funeral costs for a baby, child or adult. This includes babies who were stillborn.
Children's Funeral Fund (England)
For help paying for the funeral of a child under 18 or a stillborn child.
Child Funeral Fund (Northern Ireland)
For help paying for the funeral of a child under 18 or a stillborn child.
Child funeral and other related costs (Wales)
For help paying for the funeral of a child under 18 or a stillborn child.
Related information
The Government's 'Tell Us Once' service allows you to report a death to most Government organisations all in one go.
Grants
To find out what help may be available from grant giving charities, you can use the Turn2us Grants Search.
Advice and support
Turn2us is unable to offer advice on individual situations. To find an adviser in your area to discuss your situation with, you can use the Turn2us Find an Adviser.
Further resources
Cruse Bereavement Support
Bereavement support helpline, information and campaigning.
Money Helper Service
Information on wills and dealing with the money and possessions of the person who has died
NHS resource centre
Support for stress, anxiety or depression due to grief after bereavement or loss.
Down to Earth (Quaker Social Action)
Practical UK-wide support service to help people plan affordable funerals (where the funeral hasn't taken place).