Challenges to Bereavement Support Payments

Following Government updates to the bereavement support system in April 2017 many families were either supported for a shorter time or were told they weren’t eligible for this vital support.

WAY and our members, alongside other charities, are challenging this to improve the financial support available to those who have lost a loved one.

Challenging National Insurance Discrimination

When the Government updated the bereavement support system in April 2017, they also changed the eligibility criteria for applicants

Extending Bereavement Support Payments

In April 2017, in spite of campaigning by WAY and other charities, the Government voted to ‘modernise’ the bereavement benefit system

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