a frien of mine is recently widowed she has 2 children she has child tax child benefit and receives widows parent allowance should she be able to claim social security or is she on the right benefits her children are teenage boys.
Too little information, does she work, how old are the kids are they in full time education, has she any income ( A pension from her husbands previous employment etc)?? There is no one such thing as 'social security' there are a lot of benefits for different situations and they are changing almost daily at the moment. Best advice is to see a benefits adviser at the local CAB.