In the UK the method of communicating to the deceased’s friends and family has retained many of the original methods. Generally in the event of someone’s death it is announced in local newspapers, as well as being posted in local shops, post offices and notice boards.

However the internet has become a great way to make announcements to others, with the use of social networking sites enabling the ability to quickly inform numerous amounts of friends and family about the funeral.

If you do choose to inform people about the person’s death we advise that social networks can often seem very impersonal, so we advise to take an alternative approach to informing them about the death.