Useful links

Below is a list of links that we have used through this guidance. You may find it useful.

Bereavement services email address: bereavement.services@birmingham.gov.uk

Register a death

Find your local council.

Buying death certificates after the first appointment.

The Birmingham City Council coroner’s service.

GOV.UK information on what happens when a death is reported to the coroner.

Tell Us Once service.

Arrange the funeral

Contact details for the cemeteries and crematoria we run.

Arranging the burial or scattering of ashes yourself.

Buying a new grave.

Arrange a burial at short notice.

Costs

Government help with funeral costs.

Birmingham City Council funeral costs.

When there is no money to pay for the funeral or nobody to arrange it.

Emotional support

Organisations that can help you with bereavement and loss

Page last updated: 5 May 2026