Funeral Experts

15/10/2026

🕯️🩷💙 Wave of Light | 15 October, 7pm

Tonight, families across the world will come together to remember the babies they have lost.

As part of Baby Loss Awareness Week, the Wave of Light invites people to light a candle at 7pm in memory of babies lost during pregnancy or after birth.

For some, it is a moment of quiet reflection. For others, an opportunity to say their baby's name, share a memory, or simply feel connected to others who understand their loss.

However you choose to remember, and whether you take part or not, your grief and your baby's memory matter.

Tonight, we hold every family affected by baby loss in our thoughts. 🩷💙

13/10/2026

When a partner dies, household income can change overnight. The bills don’t disappear.

In Pension Credit Week of Action, 12 to 16 October, we’re highlighting why a benefits check should be part of practical bereavement support.

Alongside grief, someone may be asking:

“Will our Pension Credit continue?”
“My partner’s pension helped pay the bills. How will I manage now?”
“I didn’t qualify for help before. Could I qualify now?”

If someone receives Pension Credit as part of a couple, their partner’s death changes the circumstances on which that award was based. Their entitlement needs to be reviewed. Someone who did not previously qualify may now be eligible, depending on their age, income and circumstances.

This is where specialist welfare benefits knowledge matters.

At Funeral Experts, our expertise spans the wider welfare benefits system, including Pension Credit, Universal Credit, disability and carer benefits, help with rent and Council Tax, and bereavement benefits and funeral support.

We help people understand how a death affects existing benefits, check for support they may be missing and assist with applications and changes.

A conversation about paying for a funeral can reveal a much wider concern: how someone will afford everyday life afterwards.

For health and care professionals, referring someone for practical support can help bring these worries into the open and connect them with the specialist advice they need.

Our support is free and independent, both at end of life and in bereavement.

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12/10/2026

Pension Credit Week of Action | 12–16 October 2026

Could you or someone you know be missing out on financial support?

At Funeral Experts, we’re supporting Pension Credit Week of Action to help challenge the myths that stop people checking their entitlement.

🏠 “I own my home, so I won’t qualify.”
Owning the home you live in does not stop you qualifying.

💰 “I have savings, so I can’t claim.”
The first £10,000 of savings is ignored. Having more than this does not automatically rule you out.

🧾 “I receive a State Pension or private pension.”
You could still qualify. Pension Credit can top up your income, depending on your circumstances.

📬 “I’ll receive it automatically.”
Pension Credit is not paid automatically — you need to make a claim.

If you’ve reached State Pension age and are on a low income, it’s worth checking.

At Funeral Experts, we provide free, independent, practical and emotional support at end of life and following a death, including help to understand welfare benefit entitlements.

👉 Find out more and how to claim: [gov.uk/pension-credit](https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit)

Please share — you could help someone access support they didn’t realise was available.

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10/10/2026

💚 World Mental Health Day 2026

This World Mental Health Day, we're recognising the importance of listening, understanding individual experiences and ensuring people know where to turn for support.

At Funeral Experts, we understand that bereavement can affect far more than the loss itself. Alongside grief, people may face financial worries, practical responsibilities, loneliness and feelings of being overwhelmed.

Grief is a natural response to loss, but nobody should feel they have to navigate it alone.

Through our work with bereavement, mental health and community organisations, including our involvement in the St Helens Mental Health and Su***de Prevention Forum, we recognise the value of working together to help people access the right support at the right time.

💚 We're also pleased to share the recent launch of Sometimes.info, a new mental health and wellbeing website for the St Helens community, developed with input from local professionals and people with lived experience.

🌐 www.sometimes.info

At Funeral Experts, we provide free, independent practical, and emotional support to people navigating bereavement.

Sometimes, a conversation is where support begins.

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09/10/2026

🩷💙 Baby Loss Awareness Week | 9–15 October 2026

This week, we remember the babies lost during pregnancy or after birth, and acknowledge the parents and families whose lives have been affected by pregnancy and baby loss

Losing a baby can have a profound and lasting impact. Whether a loss happened recently or many years ago, the grief experienced by parents and loved ones deserves understanding, compassion and support.

Everyone experiences grief differently. There is no right or wrong way to feel, and no set timeline for grieving.

At Funeral Experts, we know that alongside the emotional impact of bereavement, families can also face difficult decisions, practical concerns and uncertainty about where to turn.

Our team is here to listen, offer guidance and help families access the support they need.

This Baby Loss Awareness Week, our thoughts are with every parent, family member and loved one affected by pregnancy or baby loss. 🩷💙

09/10/2026

People do not always recognise themselves as unpaid carers. Caring may develop gradually as someone becomes ill, or begin suddenly when the person who previously provided care dies.

At Funeral Experts, we welcome the government’s Unpaid Carers Action Plan for England and its focus on recognising carers and connecting them with support.

Too often, carers’ own needs go unnoticed while attention understandably focuses on the person they care for.

We support carers when someone is approaching the end of life, helping with welfare benefits, financial worries and practical matters, and connecting them with local carers’ services.

We also support people who take on caring responsibilities following a death. They may be grieving while trying to understand someone else’s care needs, manage a household and work out what financial support is available.

And when the person they cared for dies, their own need for support continues. Alongside grief, they may face changes to benefits, reduced income and uncertainty after months or years shaped by caring.

Our welfare benefits expertise helps people understand these changes, check their entitlement and access support. Our practical bereavement support helps them work through the administration that follows a death.

While the plan focuses on improving support for unpaid carers, our work also highlights the importance of support through end of life and bereavement.

Recognising a carer is an essential first step. Making sure they receive support, including when their caring role changes or ends, matters just as much.

Read the government’s action plan:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unpaid-carers-action-plan-recognise-refer-reach

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02/10/2026

Yesterday, we were delighted to contribute to NHS England’s ASPIRE webinar, which brought together more than 100 people to share examples of dignity and compassion in end-of-life care.

Joanne Regan, Jason Ghous and Dr. Franziska Sohns shared the work of Funeral Experts and the research Franziska carried out for us.

At Funeral Experts, we see how worries about benefits, bills, housing and funeral costs can weigh heavily on people approaching the end of life and their families. Our free, independent practical and emotional support helps people navigate these concerns, alongside the care provided by healthcare teams.

Thank you to John Sheridan for organising the webinar and inviting us to speak, and to fellow speakers Kalpana Lakhani and Andrew Johnson for sharing their valuable insights.

It was an informative session and a pleasure to be part of it.

02/10/2026

Thank you to Kings Court Trust for organising such an insightful awareness session: “Will preparation under scrutiny: Larke v Nugus and testamentary capacity.”

Stephen Lawson was a brilliant speaker, making a complex subject clear, engaging and accessible. Plenty to reflect on and valuable learning to take back into our work supporting individuals and families at end of life and following a bereavement.

Thank you, Stephen and the Kings Court Trust team.

22/09/2026

“No one should have to fight for time to grieve.”

From April 2027, employees who lose a spouse or partner, parent, adult child or sibling will gain a new legal right to bereavement leave. The right will also recognise step, half, adoptive, kinship care and foster relationships.

Women and their partners who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks, including miscarriage, termination and unsuccessful IVF embryo transfer, will be entitled to up to two weeks of unpaid leave.

This is an important step towards recognising that grief affects people deeply and that bereavement should not simply be treated as sickness absence.

The new rights are expected to take effect in April 2027.

Read the full announcement:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/no-one-should-have-to-fight-for-time-to-grieve-new-rights-for-family-bereavement-and-pregnancy-loss

Women and their partners who experience a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will also be entitled to up to two weeks of unpaid leave

16/09/2026

💜 Volunteers Needed in St Helens, Merseyside 💜

Have you been impacted by su***de loss and feel ready to help others?

Survivors of Bereavement by Su***de is looking for compassionate, empathetic volunteers to support people who have also been bereaved by su***de.

Scan the QR code on the flyer to apply, or contact Korin for more information:

📧 [email protected]

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