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Listed below are some templates, letters & info you may find helpful.

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Things We Need To Ask

Necessary Tasks Checksheet

Death Notice Template

Popular Funeral Hymns & Songs

Ideas For Ashes

Advance Wishes Form

Notification Of Death Form

The Art Of Public Speaking

Help At Christmas

Inquest Information

Important Information

Arrangement Advice

Acknowledgement Notice Template

Poems & Words Of Comfort

Who's Who?

Explaining Death To A Child

Open University Booklet

Gift Aid Form

Floral Tribute Cards

The Work Of The Coroner

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The title of this booklet suggests that it might be possible to make
sense of death and dying, and provide some ‘answers’. But is this possible?
This was released in conjunction with the open university and a programme
on BBC 1 with Richard Wilson entitled "Two feet in the grave" 29-09-2009

A list of some of the professional people you will come
into contact with when someone passes away.

Delivering a eulogy? Find some helpful tips here in
Dale Carnegie's classic 'The Art of Public Speaking'

Some words to help over this difficult period.

If someone you know has died or you are helping someone you know deal
with a bereavement where an inquest is to be held, this pack will give you information
about the inquest procedure and what will happen in the next few months.

A PDF of flower cards that can be printed and filled out in your own
handwriting to make the card a little more personal. Use this if you cant
get in to our office to pick one up or you have ordered flowers on-line.

You will find that when someone dies there are lots of organisations that
need to be informed. Filling out this form once and printing copies will
save you a lot of time and typing indeed.

A form allowing charities to re-claim some of the tax you have paid.
If you make a donation, completing this form could add another
23% to your donation without it costing you a penny.

Completing this form and leaving behind some simple
wishes of the send off you would like could save your family
a lot of guesswork and upset when the time comes.

Never an easy thing to do but we hope this helps.

There are lots of options on what to do with the
ashes after a cremation. Here are a few to give you some ideas.

Some poems and words of comfort you might
find helpful at this time. One or two of these could
be read as part of the funeral service itself.

A list of popular hymns and songs for
a funeral service.

.A template giving info and advice on
the correct way to word an acknowledgement
notice for the press.

A template giving info and advice on
the correct way to word a death notice
for the press.

Some advice on the funeral arrangements themselves.
We have one chance to get everything right and this will
give you some ideas to make sure we do just that.

This is a really helpful list of things which will need
to be addressed in the days following a death. Things
like canceling papers, returning books etc, the little
things that could easily get overlooked.
It's helpful to print this out and cross off the items as you do them.

Lots of information about funeral arrangements,
what needs to be done and what happens on
the day and also afterwards as well.

A helpful list of some of the questions we will
ask when you come in to make the funeral
arrangements. It can be useful to go over this in
advance so you have an idea of things we will need to know.