Since 2010, Quaker Social Action has run Down to Earth, the only UK-wide service for people struggling with funeral costs. They’re there for people in the depths of grief, providing compassionate support to help them reduce costs and raise money from government and charitable sources. Since Down to Earth began, They’ve supported over 6,000 people across the UK struggling with funeral costs. The process for claiming benefits after death and the changes that are likely to take place for certain types of benefits Reading out the facts of the case, Tse said the charge related to statements made at a student union council meeting on July 7, 2021, when the student body passed a resolution to mourn the death of Leung Kin-fai. Six days before, Leung had killed himself shortly after stabbing a police officer outside a mall in Causeway Bay on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover from British to Chinese rule. Former HKU Student Union Council chairperson Kinson Cheung hugs former University of Hong Kong student leader Yung Chung-hei outside Hong Kong’s District Court in Wan Chai on September 20, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. She added that she disputed a statement made by Todorovski’s defence counsel the defendants had played different roles in the offence. The University of Hong Kong on October 10, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

Todorovski seconded the motion, while Yung said Leung had sacrificed himself “for the greater good,” Tse said. District Court. Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP.Historians believe that the plague arrived in the village when a box of cloth was delivered from London to Alexander Hadfield, who was the local tailor. This cloth was infested with fleas; when Hadfield’s assistant opened the box he was bitten and died shortly after, along with other members of his household. Tse took a 35-month sentence as the starting point for each defendant, deducting from it on account of their guilty plea and their age to arrive at two years. The students were between 18 and 21 at the time of the incident. ‘Martyr’ motion

Awareness of the main benefits available, covering the life events relevant to your customers (e.g. births, deaths, bringing up children, divorce/separation, job loss, retirement, illness and disability, caring) They also share insights and the voices of the people we support, campaigning for change to ensure that everyone can afford a dignified funeral. Who is this session for?London was not the only place in England to suffer an outbreak of the plague. One of the worst affected locations beyond London was Eyam, a village in Derbyshire. Kwok, then the union’s president, raised the motion to mourn Leung. He also compared the incident to the death of Marco Leung, a man who unfurled a protest banner before falling from height from Pacific Place mall in Admiralty during the protests and unrest in 2019. But prosecutors agreed to let the students plead guilty to an alternative charge of incitement to wound with intent, which is punishable by up to life imprisonment, although jail terms meted out by the District Court are capped atseven years. The High Court rejected the prosecution’s challenge and granted him bail a week after that. Four months later, in December, the other three students were also allowed out on bail. Evidence produced at the time of the Great Plague gives us useful information about what people did to try and prevent the plague from spreading. Some actions taken by the government included:

Cats and dogs were killed, as it was believed that they might spread the plague. It is estimated that 40,000 dogs and 200,000 cats were killed. During this session with the Down to Earth team at Quaker Social Action, we'll explore the different types of benefits that become available after death and the eligibility requirements for these benefits. About Down To EarthSamuel Pepys was a Member of Parliament and worked for the Navy. He lived in London during the Great Plague outbreak, and kept a very detailed diary in which he recorded his thoughts about several important historical events, including the plague outbreak and the Great Fire of London. His diary was eventually published for the first time in the 19th century. Below are some of his diary entries from the time of the Great Plague: Searchers had the job of entering the home of suspected plague victims to search for bodies, and removing them to be placed in plague burial pits. Public gatherings were banned, and people were not allowed to travel from one town to another unless they had a certificate proving they didn’t have plague. Some people took action on an individual basis to try and protect themselves from catching the disease:

are providing guidance to people who have suffered a bereavement and need help understanding the financial support available to them From May 1666, the villagers tried a number of different things to prevent the spread of the disease. One of these measures required families to bury their own members who had died of plague, while another saw church services relocated to outdoor spaces, so that churchgoers could be kept apart. The whole village was placed into quarantine to try and contain the outbreak. Want to understand the different types of benefits claimable after the death of a loved one and the process for claiming those benefits.I disagree that their roles [were] markedly different,” Tse said. “They each had their own role to play, without which the resolution would never have been passed or had the same impact.” Some people, particularly searchers, who were responsible for collecting the bodies of plague victims, decided to smoke tobacco. It was believed this would protect them against plague, which was completely incorrect. Instructing fires to be lit in the street, so people could breathe in the smell of smoke, rather than the miasma believed to be causing the disease. University of Hong Kong ex-student leaders jailed for 2 years over mourning death of man who stabbed police officer - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Close