When you know someone who has experienced the death of a loved one, the natural thing to want to do is to help them feel better. Of course, it goes without saying that this is much easier said than done. How do you comfort someone who’s just lost someone so dear to them?
One thing to consider would be donating to a charity in memory of the person who has just passed away. A kind gesture such as this may brighten the day of those who knew the deceased, along with the obvious benefit of helping out the charity also. But which charity should you choose? And how much will this help the grieving process? I’m going to answer those questions in today’s blog.
First thing’s first: which charity should the donation go to? Often, when someone passes away their family will request donations to a specific charity that was near and dear to something they cared about. This information can often be found on the death notice placed in the newspaper and online, or simply by speaking to a close family member.
If there’s no such arrangement in place, then it becomes a bit trickier. The best way to approach this is to consider, what was important to the person who’s just passed away? It could be something that they enjoyed as a hobby – for example the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for someone passionate about them – or it could be something which they suffered with before their death, such as Cancer Research UK.
The answer to this is, it will vary from person to person. It goes without saying that to lose a loved one is one of – if not the – most difficult things anyone can experience. Some will understandably be inconsolable, and whilst they will recognise the donation as a nice gesture, it will do little to ease the pain.
However, it may help some people out massively, knowing that someone cared enough about the person who has died to make a donation in their memory, and also that the cause the deceased cared about will have been helped also. For that reason, I would say that making a donation is a worthwhile thing to do.
Furthermore, it will most likely make the person who donates feel slightly better also, doing your bit to honour the memory of the dead.
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