Our Impact
WAY in 2023
- WAY impacted the lives of 4,650 young widows
- 1,638 new members joined WAY’s peer support network
- More than 290 members used the telephone helpline offering counselling, legal and financial advice
- 157 young widowed people were gifted annual membership through our Memorial Fund
- Our members organised 893 events
- We had 170 amazing volunteers supporting our work throughout the year
- Our generous supporters raised more than £137,217 to help us reach more people in need of support
- Our small team continued with 5 employed members of staff
- More than 30,000 people helped us to spread the word by following us across our social media
- The WAY website had 72,617 visitors
“I want you to know that WAY helped me in ways I am still only now discovering. I’m still working my way back to my normal myself. There are still hard days and weeks but, in the main, life feels easier now than a year ago.”
Steve, WAY member
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