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WAY Widowed & Young
Support. Understanding. Friendship.
WAY is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who's lost a partner before their 51st birthday – married or not, with or without children, whatever their sexual orientation.
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May 2020
Every year, WAY holds our Big Picnic weekend in the middle of May. It’s a chance for people who have been widowed young ... Read more
WAY members tell BBC about virtual pub quiz
May 2020
WAY members talked to BBC News this week about how WAY's virtual pub quiz on Friday nights is helping other young widowe... Read more
"Meeting with fellow WAYers allows you the permission to laugh again and share tears together. Joining WAY has definitely made my grief less isolating."
"The knowledge that there was someone at the end of the line who understood what I was going through was amazing. "
"With WAY, there is always someone there for you – no question or statement is too weird."
"WAY gave me a lot of confidence to go away on my own with my three kids. I think if I hadn’t joined WAY I wouldn’t have been so brave about going away."