Practical Guides

A resource for community death care

This information has been written with the laws and requirements of England and Wales in mind. If you're in Scotland or Northern Ireland some details and laws work differently so it is important to check local rules.

Preparation: For everyone who is going to die...

Wills & Wishes

Conversations

Death Clearing

Death & Dying: What to do when someone dies...

Expected & Unexpected Deaths

Who Makes Decisions

The First Hours After Death

Keeping the body at home

Vigil, Visiting and Time with the Body

Registering the Death

When the Coronor Is Involved

Working With or Without a Funeral Director

Burial & Cremation: Paperwork

Coffins, Shrouds & Containers

Moving & Transporting the body

Attended & Unattended Funerals

Costs & Asking for Prices

Home & DIY Funerals

Asking for Help & Involving Community

A few words and thoughts on Grief...

Grief

“That is the great labor of the thing, to let your life be changed utterly by the news of our death when all and everything around you is counseling steady as she goes, business as usual, as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.” - Stephen Jenkinson

A Home for Death & Dying