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Campaigning for change: Democracy in action
Apr 2025
WAY trustee Gary explains how emailing his MP has helped to open doors for WAY’s Stand Up for Bereaved Families campaign.
Feb 2025
Two bereaved parents are taking their fight for equal bereavement benefits for cohabiting couples all the way to the European Court of Human Rights. Here’s their story…
Bereavement Support Payments: A lifeline for Stacey on Valentine’s Day
Feb 2025
On the two year anniversary of bereavement benefits being extended to cohabiting parents, we talk to WAY member Stacey about the difference the payments have made…
When Bereavement Support Payments stop: Widowed mum left with £50 a month
Jan 2025
After her husband died, Sophie relied on Bereavement Support Payments to survive. Now payments have stopped, leaving the widowed mum struggling to make ends meet.
Standing up for bereaved families: Catherine’s story
Dec 2024
WAY member Catherine recently spoke to the co-leader of the Green Party Carla Denyer about the need to extend Bereavement Support Payments…
Campaign to extend bereavement support payments: Sophie’s story
Jul 2024
When Sophie’s husband Paul died in 2023, she was 17 weeks pregnant. Her Bereavement Support Payments are due to stop just after her baby turns one. Here is Sophie’s story…
Unfortunately, there’s no guide book for grief. Everyone is different, and no two people will experience grieving in the same way. From numbness to anger, from disbelief to guilt, there’s no set pattern to the grieving process, especially when you’ve been widowed at a young age.