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Steps superstar, Lee Latchford Evans is supporting the UK’s largest bereavement charity, Cruse Bereavement Care this year in memory of his Dad and Mother-in-Law who both died in 2018. 

Lee will be running the ASICS London 10K on Sunday 21st July 2019 with his wife Kerry and many others taking part to raise money for the charity that supports people after the death of a loved one. 

In December 2018, Cruse Bereavement Care was one of three charities chosen to take part in ITV’s Good Morning Britain’s ‘1 Million Minutes’ Christmas campaign.  The campaign asks people to pledge their time to help someone who is lonely following a bereavement.

The countdown to Christmas has officially begun, but for people who have been bereaved, Christmas can be a very difficult and traumatic time of the year.

The UK’s largest bereavement charity, Cruse Bereavement Care is expecting high call volumes to its National Helpline during the Christmas period. In November 2018 it saw an 11 per cent increase in calls and predicts it will be just as busy over Christmas and New Year.

Today the Government has announced that the new Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act has been extended to support all families after a child dies.

This means that everyone acting as a parent and carer, including adopters, foster parents and guardians will be eligible for new workplace rights to two weeks paid leave when a child dies under the age of 18.

It will also cover more informal groups such as kinship carers, who may be a close relative or family friend who is responsible for the care of the child. The new Act is expected to come into force in 2020.