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For more information on the Bereavement Grant, contact your local Social Welfare Office or Bereavement Grant Section at the following address:

Bereavement Grant Section
Social Welfare Services
Goverment Buildings
Ballinalee Road
Longford

LoCall: 1890 927 770 (from the Republic of Ireland only)
Telephone: +353 43 3340000 (from Northern Ireland or overseas)

For information booklets, application forms and more information on social welfare services:

• Log on to 'www.welfare.ie'.
• Text to 51909 (see details below).
• LoCall Information Line at 1890 66 22 44 (from the Republic of Ireland only) or +353 71 91 93313 (from Northern Ireland or overseas).
• Drop in to your local Social Welfare Office or Citizens Information Centre.

Note:
The rates charged for using 1890 (LoCall) numbers may vary among different service providers.

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Other useful booklets:

• Death Benefit - SW 32
• Free Travel - SW 40
• Fuel - National Fuel Scheme - SW 17
• Household Benefits Package SW - 107
• Living Alone Increase - SW 36
• One Parent Family Payment - SW 82
• State Pension (Non-Contributory) - SW 116
• State Pension (Transition) and State Pension (Contributory) - SW 118
• Supplementary Welfare Allowance - SW 54
• Widowed or Surviving Civil Partner Grant - SW 114
• Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension - SW 25
• Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension - SW 26

Books available from Citizens Information Board @ 'www.citizensinformation.ie'
Bereavement - Information for those affected by bereavement

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To request forms, text the form code followed by your name and address to 51909 (from the Republic of Ireland only). Standard text rates apply.

For example, if you wanted to request the Bereavement Grant form, text FORM BG MARY MURPHY 1 NEW STREET, OLD TOWN, CO. DONEGAL.

Form codes for Social Welfare Schemes

Social welfare payment or scheme	Form code
Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance	FORM BTSCFA
Bereavement Grant	FORM BG
Carers Allowance	FORM CARA
Carers Benefit	FORM CARB
Child Benefit (Form CB1)	FORM CHILD
Disability Allowance	FORM DA
Domiciliary Care Allowance	FORM DCA
Family Income Supplement	FORM FIS
Free Travel	FORM TRAVEL
Fuel Allowance	FORM FUEL
Household Benefits	FORM HHB
Invalidity Pension	FORM INV
Living Alone Increase	FORM LAA
Maternity Benefit	FORM MAT
One Parent Family Payment	FORM OPFP
Respite Care Grant	FORM RCG
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	FORM SPNC
State Pension (Transition/Contributory)	FORM SPC
Widow(er)'s/Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension	FORM WCP
Widow(er)'s/Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension	FORM WNCP