Tell us your story

Government cuts and changes to taxes, pensions and benefits will have a huge and sometimes devastating impact on the lives of our members and their families.

Usdaw is campaigning alongside the TUC and other organisations to make sure people know what is going on, to raise awareness that there is an alternative and to try and stop the very worst aspects of the cuts program.

An important way to do this is to by generating real stories and features in newspapers, magazines, TV and radio about the impact of cuts on our members and their families. The stories that most interest readers and listeners are ones that explain the impact of cuts through the lives of everyday people.

Recent examples of people-led stories in newspapers include the Taylor family explaining how they've been affected by job losses in the Guardian and single mum Katie Potter explaining how she'll be affected by the abolition of the health in maternity grant in the Daily Mirror.

Usdaw and the TUC are collecting the stories of people whose life has or will be affected by the cuts, maybe through losing their job, a sharp cut in family income or having a benefit or public service that is vital to them and their family reduced or abolished altogether.

At the moment we are particularly looking for members and families who will be hit hard by the tax and benefits changes the government is introducing from April this year. Are you a family with or without children in receipt of tax credits? Are you a single parent who receives childcare tax credit? Are you an expectant Mum due after mid-April?

If you've got a story to tell and you're happy to share it with others or you fit the description above and you're willing to help our campaigns then please let us know by using the form below.

We won't be able to use everyone's story but if we can we will contact you and talk through what being a case study would involve and what forms of media you'd be comfortable doing.