The bereavement services office is based at The Customer Service Centre, Town Hall, Workington. From here the council's eight cemeteries are administered and any public enquiries answered.
To visit in person, the Bereavement Services Office is situated in the Customer Service Centre, Town Hall, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 2RS. Please ring before you call as we cannot be certain we will be in the office.
The postal address is:
Bereavement Services Section Allerdale House New Bridge St Workington Cumbria CA14 3YJ
Telephone - 01900 702620 Fax; 01900 702928 Email : bereavement.services@allerdale.gov.uk
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday - Normal office hours Evenings, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays - Emergencies and funeral bookings only
Feedback - to the Bereavement Services Manager
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
National Association of memorial masons
The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management
Tel: 020 8989 4661
www.iccm-uk.com
Useful contacts for the bereaved
Age Concern
Citizens Advice Bureau www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Compassionate Friends (Support & friendship by those similarly bereaved)
Cruse Bereavement Care (Bereavement Counselling)
Foundation for the study of Infant Deaths 0207 2228001
24 hours Cot Death helpline 0207 2332090
National Association of Widows 024 7663 4848
www.nawidows.org.uk
Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) 0207 4367940
Child Death Helpline 0800 282986
last updated 18 March 2009