Funeral Grant

The person applying for a Funeral Grant must be able to provide estate details or other information about the person who has died (including details about any children they are responsible for).

You'll need to complete an application form and provide:

• confirmation of death, for example a death certificate, newspaper death notice. If you don’t have one, please tell us as we may be able to get this information
• details of the funeral expenses – the itemised funeral account, and if it’s already paid, the original receipt and proof of a bank account number for the person who paid it
• proof of who you are.

You may also need to provide details about assets and income.

Drop these documents off at one of our service centres, or post them to us.

If you can apply online for more than one service, you only need to fill out the form once.