Amy Jeffrey is a student nurse in her mid-20s whose husband, Rowland, died in a tragic car crash earlier this year. Yesterday, with Rowland's mother Sharon Jeffrey, she delievered a petition calling for a fairer deal for widowed students to 10 Downing Street.

Amy's family came to support her after the accident, but when she applied for a Bereavement Payment to help with funeral costs, she was refused. Students currently don't qualify for the payment, even though their income is often the same or less as other people who do.

Amy, her family, John Mann and the Worksop Guardian started a campaign to change the situation. At the time Amy told the Worksop Guardian: "I am not doing this for me. I have a very supportive family who have helped me through this difficult time. Rowland always used to say I was impossible to stop once I got an idea in my head."

Yesterday, Amy Jeffrey presented her petition - with 8,000 signatures - to 10 Downing Street.

We also had a meeting with Work and Pensions Minister Helen Goodman MP, who promised to look at changing the system to make it fairer. Watch this space.

If you still want to and haven't already, you can support Amy's campaign here.

 29th October 2009