Our Founder

Stephanie Roberts is the member of our Trustee board who is passionate about tackling loneliness for the bereaved. She has a firm grasp on everything financial. Stephanie has been working with accounts since she was 16, doing manual wages. She has a total of 20 years of experience balancing books and working with accounting for several different companies and the Widows Empowerment Trust has had a huge benefit from working with her on a regular basis. Stephanie was originally born in Malta, but moved to the south of Wales after two years. She still feels more Welsh than Maltese and loves a bit of Rugby! Other than volunteering, Stephanie has two sons that she enjoys spoiling.

Veronica is a passionate and skilful volunteer, who is determined to improve the lives of  those in need of support as well as help with tackling loneliness. After acquiring a Degree from the University of Lagos, she later moved to Italy, where she began to pursue health care. Although she has always been passionate about helping people, her passion for improving the lives of widows started when she lost her dad in 2012. Sadly, Veronica´s mother was a victim of traumatising traditional and cultural abuse associated with widows. This experience had a severe impact on her mother's mental health, and Veronica has been involved in helping widows and widowers ever since.