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“I want my baby to know who his dad was”: Mae’s fight to fill the Blank Space
Feb 2026
WAY member Mae explains why she is supporting our Blank Space campaign
Progress on our Blank Space campaign: Some promising words from Government officials
Feb 2026
We have received some promising news from Government officials in response to our Blank Space campaign, but there’s still work to be done. Read more…
Bringing our Blank Space campaign to Scotland
Jan 2026
WAY is bringing our Blank Space campaign to Scotland to help bereaved mothers navigate a complex and unfair process – and to call for change.
Bereavement support “shockingly inadequate”: WAY member’s plea to Chancellor Reeves
Jan 2026
WAY member Caroline’s household income dropped by 75% overnight when her husband died of cancer last year, leaving her to raise two teenage children on her own.
Blank Space campaign in Scotland: Karen’s story
Jan 2026
Scottish WAY member Karen shares why she is supporting WAY’s Blank Space campaign…
Blank Space: Sophie’s struggle to register her baby’s birth
Jun 2025
On Tuesday, 17 June, Sophie’s experiences were shared in Parliament by MP Jen Craft as part of her Ten Minute Rule Bill to close the Blank Space faced by some bereaved mothers trying to register their…
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.
Sophie’s first year as a young widowed Mum: Reflecting on loss, love and new traditions
Dec 2024
WAY member Sophie was 17 weeks pregnant when her husband Paul tragically died in a road traffic accident. Now, over a year on, Sophie reflects on how she’s creating new traditions for herself and her …
WAY calls on the new Government to stand up for bereaved families
Jul 2024
The charity WAY Widowed and Young has written to the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall asking for her urgent support for bereaved families, whose needs have been overlooked in r…
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…
Urgent: Deadline for retrospective bereavement benefits
Jan 2024
Deadline for cohabiting parents to claim full retrospective bereavement benefits closing soon - find details...
Jun 2023
Joby writes how the recent change in the law to extend bereavement support to parents who weren’t married or in a civil partnership has impacted her…
Ian's Story: Challenging National Insurance discrimination
Apr 2023
When he was widowed to Covid-19 in 2020, WAY volunteer Ian from Coventry was shocked to hear that his family wasn’t entitled to Bereavement Support Payments either, because – like Suzzi – his wife had…
Extending Bereavement Support Payments: Lauren’s story
Mar 2023
When Lauren’s husband Rob died last June, she started to receive the first of 18 monthly instalments of Bereavement Support Payment to help support herself and her daughter, Amelia. Although she was g…
Siobhan's Story: Cohabiting Couples Campaign
Feb 2023
When Siobhan discovered through conversations with Citizen’s Advice that parents who were not married or in a civil partnership were unable to claim the support available at that time to married paren…
Kathy's Story: Cohabiting Couples Campaign
Feb 2023
WAY Ambassador Kathy Ford lost her partner Keith in November 2018 to a sudden heart attack. They had been together for 19 years and had two sons together. In June 2019, Kathy gave evidence to the Work…
Elanor shares her story to support our Cohabiting Couples Campaign
Feb 2023
Elanor’s partner Robin died in 2005 after a motorbike accident. She was pregnant with their only daughter Sophie when Robin died and has struggled for the past 17 years to bring up Sophie as a lone pa…
At WAY we pride ourselves on providing support, free of judgement, to anyone who is facing widowhood at a young age. We are also committed to fighting injustices that young widowed people may face.