WAY signs open letter to Government
March 2020
WAY today signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, alongside 17 other charities, calling for the Government to remed... Read more
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Landmark High Court ruling in favour of cohabiting couples
February 2020
BREAKING NEWS: High Court finds in favour bereaved cohabiting parents WAY Widowed and Young is absolutely delighted tha... Read more
MP committee critical of support for bereaved families
October 2019
The Work & Pensions Select Committee has published a compelling report calling on the Government to extend bereaveme... Read more
One year after Supreme Court ruling: cohabiting couples still in limbo
August 2019
On 30 August 2018, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in favour of WAY member Siobhan McLaughlin from Northern I... Read more
Daily Mail supports WAY campaign
July 2019
"We urgently need a bereavement benefits policy that is fit for the 21st century." An article in today's Daily Mail supp... Read more
WAY members give evidence to Select Committee
May 2019
Seven WAY members travelled to Westminster on 5 June to share their stories with the Work and Pensions Select Committee ... Read more
February 2019
WAY's campaign coordinator Georgia Elms speaks out in the Independent about the heartbreaking story of a young widow who... Read more
18 months on: cuts to bereavement support start to bite
October 2018
Today marks the 18-month anniversary of changes to the bereavement support system that will leave dozens of widowed fami... Read more
WAY delivers letter to Downing Street
October 2018
WAY Widowed and Young’s Georgia Elms attended the official reading of the Judgment in Siobhan McLaughlin’s case at the S... Read more
Landmark Ruling for Unmarried Bereaved Parents
August 2018
Georgia Elms, spokesperson for WAY Widowed & Young, and Vice-Chair of Life Matters (the task force for bereaved fami... Read more
May 2018
"When the bereavement payments stop, I'll have to make some really difficult decisions." WAY member Natasha talks to #Yo... Read more
Campaign update: WAY calling for manifesto pledges
April 2017
Over the past few months, we’ve been busy campaigning against cuts to bereavement support payments. WAY members have bee... Read more
WAY's Chair on Victoria Derbyshire
April 2017
WAY's Chairman Georgia Elms was interviewed alongside Life as a Widower blogger Ben Brooks-Dutton & Lord Polak about... Read more
April 2017
WAY member speaks out against cuts to bereavement support in the Independent. Read the full article here... Read more
WAY campaign featured in Guardian
April 2017
WAY members speak out against cuts to bereavement support in a hard-hitting article in the Guardian. Read the full arti... Read more
April 2017
WAY's campaign against cuts to bereavement payments for widowed families highlighted in Grazia. Read the full article h... Read more
March 2017
On 15 March, we heard the devastating news that MPs voted by 292 votes to 236 to accept the changes to Bereavement Suppo... Read more
February 2017
WAY's campaign against cuts to bereavement support payments is featured in the Sunday Times... Read more
January 2016
WAY's Chairman is on BBC Breakfast's sofa this morning at 7.20am talking about the lack of bereavement payments for unma... Read more
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