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Forms and Applications
Please click on the links below to download the forms:
Application for Permission to Cremate
Centrelink
The Commonwealth Government, through Centrelink, provides financial assistance towards the costs involved in the funeral of a pensioner.
Contact your Local Centrelink Office (click here to find your local office) or Phone: 132 300.
Department of Veterans Affairs
If the deceased was a returned serviceman, or woman, the Department of Veterans Affairs may assist with funeral and other benefits.
259 Queen Street, Brisbane. 4000
Phone – Local: 133 254
Phone – Regional: 1800 555 254
Postal Address: GPO Box 9998, Brisbane. 4001
Other organisations that may provide information and assistance include private health funds, unions and superannuation funds.
Community Information – Telephone numbers
| Company name | Telephone number |
| Blue Care Community Care – Bundaberg | 1300 258 322 |
| Bundaberg Regional Council | 1300 883 699 |
| Carers QLD | 07 4124 0922 |
| Childers Hospital | 07 4192 1133 |
| Childers IDSS (Integrated Disability Support Services) | 07 4126 1946 |
| Childers Neighbourhood Centre | 07 4130 4690 |
| Forrest View Aged Care Childers | 07 4126 2455 |
| Impact Community Service – Childers | 07 4126 2333 |
| Isis Club | 07 4126 1516 |
| Isis Community Care | 07 4130 4690 |
| Isis RSL | 07 4126 1354 |
| Legacy | 07 4122 4640 |
| Lifeline | 07 4153 8400 |
| Woodgate Club | 07 4126 8880 |
Community Information – Website addresses
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
www.grief.org.au
The Compassionate Friends-Supporting Family After a Child Dies
www.compassionatefriendsqld.org.au
Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support
www.sosbsa.org.au
eBooks
We are committed to providing you and your family with as much information as possible and as such have created these informative eBooks that are available for free to download.
It is hoped that by providing this information, loved ones will be spared from potentially difficult decisions at a troubling time. It may also serve to reassure you that the funeral service that you are arranging is as your loved one would have wanted.
All you need to know about funerals
In the event of the death of your loved one, this eBook can be used to record information about your loved one to help family members organize the funeral. The information collected will help ensure that the funeral service is carried out in line with your loved one’s wishes.
Celebrating my life
You will never know the value of your words … but others will. Tell your legacy to the ones you love by completing this booklet. A lifetime of memories for those who will need it most.
Remember, a funeral is held principally for your benefit – not your loved one. Take comfort from the ceremony and allow yourself this precious opportunity to grieve and grow through your loss.
Monumentalists
Austral Monumentals
Supply and install of headstones in the Bundaberg Regional area and Bororen
Florists
Floral Hub
Phone: 0417 128 726
