---
type: "Public Service"
title: "Northern Ireland Bereavement Service"
description: "Department for Communities service for reporting a death to Northern Ireland benefit offices and checking specified bereavement support."
status: "observed"
assertion_status: "official"
jurisdiction: "northern-ireland"
observed_at: "2026-08-07"
sources:
  - id: "nidirect-bereavement-service"
    title: "Bereavement Service - reporting a death"
    resource: "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/bereavement-service-reporting-death"
    author: "organisation:department-for-communities-northern-ireland"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
---

# Northern Ireland Bereavement Service

This service records a death for Department for Communities benefit offices.
It is one part of the [Northern Ireland notification route](../services/northern-ireland-death-notifications.md),
not Tell Us Once and not a universal notification service.
