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Talking about death

A guide for managers on how to speak to someone in your team about compassionate leave

Every day, we talk to people who are dealing with death - and we’ve done lots of work on the best ways to do that. So we wanted to share some of the things we’ve learnt to help managers when someone in their team is dealing with death.

Listen: Dan Garrett discussing the rising cost of funerals on BBC Radio 4

Our CEO, Dan Garrett, joined Dharshini David on BBC Radio 4’s The Today Programme to talk about the rising cost of funerals in the UK.

Death & Us: What we’ve learnt about attitudes towards death in 2021

After speaking to two thousand people about how they feel about dying, we’ve put together a report that looks at attitudes to life, death and everything in between.

Talking about death to break the taboo: What it actually feels like working with death

Welcome to our new blog series 'Talking about death to break the taboo'. Today we hear from Tink, our Senior Funerals Coordinator, on what it’s like organising funerals at Farewill and what it feels like working with death.

What it’s really like to deal with death during the pandemic

We spoke to 1,000 people who have lost someone to coronavirus to understand more about the challenges they've faced.

How we've created a compassionate leave policy that changes the way we deal with death

We know that grief impacts people differently and we think it’s important that compassionate leave policies reflect this. We’ve put together a guide to help you to do the same for your place of work.

How to write a eulogy

A eulogy usually includes a timeline of the person’s life and details about their personality. Family or friends might ask you to read one at their funeral or cremation if you were close to them. But there are no set rules about who reads it.

We read thousands of wills in 2019. This is what we learned...

As the UK’s number one online will writing service, we helped more people write a will last year than anyone else in the UK. And that means we checked and approved more wills too. Here’s what we learned.

Church of England to launch ‘Google for graves’ within 5 years

The Church of England is working with Historic England to map millions of grave sites across the country, allowing people to search for their lost loved ones and trace their family history in seconds.

What is an obituary, and how to write one

An obituary is a statement you post about someone’s life, usually in a newspaper, to let the wider community know that they’ve died.

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