The Kings Court Trust Blog

Past research has shown that the cost of death is soaring, with funerals becoming more expensive than ever before.  

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Dying Matters Coalition, set up by the National Council for Palliative Care to break society’s taboo about talking about dying and to encourage more people to make their end of life wishes known.

Did you know that on average a deceased person will continue to receive 80 items of direct mail during the year following their death?

Grief is a natural condition that most people will eventually experience at some stage of their lives when losing someone or something they love, but it can be quite difficult to know how to help children cope with the loss, especially when parents are trying to work through their own bereavement.  The organisation Child Bereavement UK is launching a nationwide campaign encouraging teachers to give children lessons on how to overcome grief when the worst happens with a parent or a sibling.

When someone close to you dies, it can be difficult working out what to do and in what order, especially if it's the first time you've had to deal with a death.

The UK Government plans to tweak Inheritance Tax (IHT)-related laws to ensure UK-domiciled and non UK-domiciled spouses and civil partners are treated in a similar way for IHT purposes.

The Social Security Agency has launched a new "one-call" bereavement service to help surviving relatives check if they are entitled to benefits, including help to cover funeral expenses, the BBC reported recently.

The first task following the death of a loved one is usually to register their death. This is because, in England and Wales, you have up to five days to register the death.  It is the start of the process and needs to be done before you can begin making any funeral arrangements.

The town council in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, has changed its burial policy after a complaint by a grieving family, the Oxford Times reported recently.