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Langold Amy's campaign to change 'unfair' law
CLICK HERE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT A WIDOWED student nurse is calling for a change to the law after she was refused a bereavement award.
Amy Jeffrey, 26, of Markham Road, Langold, tragically lost her husband Rowland in a car crash in January this year and applied to the Government for help with funeral costs.
Guidelines say that she cannot be awarded the payout because she is under the age of 45, not on benefits and had no children with Rowland.
She could have been entitled to state help for a year and Amy and her family are petitioning the Government for the laws to be 'fairer'.
The Guardian is backing brave Amy's campaign to have the law reviewed and we want you to come to our Ryton Street office to sign her petition.
"I am not doing this for me. I have a very supportive family who have helped me through this difficult time," said Amy, who is determined to complete her three-year training course as a nurse.
"But if it wasn't for them, I might not have been able to give Rowland the send off that he deserved."
"He always used to say I was impossible to stop once I got an idea in my head."
Rowland's mum Sharon is also clamouring for change, saying: "We took the case to a tribunal but they still said that they couldn't go against what the law says."
Bassetlaw MP John Mann has vowed to take the petition to No 10 Downing Street and is 100 per cent behind Amy's efforts.
"I thought it couldn't be the case when I heard what had happened to Amy but we are now going to try to get it changed" he said.
"I will let the Prime Minister know and it will be up to him to make a decision. Tragedies like this are fortunately rare but it is to Amy's great credit that she is fighting this case for others."
Rowland died on Tuesday 6th January after his Skoda Octavia collided with a bus on the A60 between Oldcotes and Tickhill.
Tributes to Rowland flowed into the Guardian office to the 29-year-old and he was remembered as a 'wonderful husband' who would do 'anything for anyone'.
At an inquest into his death, Nottingham coroner Dr Nigel Chapman recorded a verdict of accidental death.
To show your support for Amy and other widows or widowers, come to our reception in Ryton Street to sign the petition, or log on to www.worksopguardian.co.uk
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