News

Finding Alice: A review of the new ITV drama about widowed life

January 2021

WAY member Michelle Jacobs applauds the fact that ITV is bringing the issue of young widowhood into the open in her revi... Read more

Finding Alice: some words on widowhood from one of our members

January 2021

This Sunday, a drama about sudden, young partner grief started on ITV1, Finding Alice. In anticipation of the series, on... Read more

WAY receives £10,000 donation from Peterborough Crematorium

December 2020

We would like to say a huge thank you to Peterborough Crematorium for their generous donation of £10,000 to WAY Widowed ... Read more

WAY member in Closer magazine

December 2020

WAY member Jo, who was widowed to Covid this year, shares her Christmas story with Closer magazine... Read more

WAY member talks about Christmas in Bella magazine

December 2020

"This Christmas is going to be different for everyone. But it can't be cancelled. We'll be celebrating in Charlie's hono... Read more

WAY featured in Glamour magazine

December 2020

WAY “is a little bit of magic in a world that can often feel so alien as a young widow.” WAY members share their stories... Read more

National Grief Awareness Week: Sharing our Stories

December 2020

WAY Widowed and Young was pleased to support the second annual National Grief Awareness Week 2020 (NGAW), which ran from... Read more

WAY members on Good Morning Britain

December 2020

WAY members Lee and Anna shared their poignant story of finding love after loss with Good Morning Britain. WAY's peer s... Read more

Pandemic deepens isolation for bereaved families

November 2020

90% widowed parents say that feelings of loneliness or isolation have been more of a problem for them during the pande... Read more

WAY members in Radio 2 Grief Conversations

October 2020

"You have to take one day at a time, one moment at a time...."   WAY members Corrina and Leon take part in B... Read more

WAY joins call for new Bereavement Standard

October 2020

WAY Widowed and Young is joining together with charities such as Cruse Bereavement Care, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and At ... Read more

Autumn tips from WAY members

October 2020

For World Mental Health Day, WAY members poured out some fantastic advice to help others with the night’s drawing in and... Read more

Welcome to WAY's new Ambassadors

September 2020

We are delighted to appoint seven new Ambassadors who will play a vital role in helping to raise the profile of our char... Read more

Marking World Suicide Prevention Day

September 2020

10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day. It’s a day to talk about suicide, to work to reduce rates globally, to ack... Read more

The WAY out there festival

August 2020

Following on from the success of our Virtual Big Picnic Weekend in May, our Membership Services Manager Colette Scarbrou... Read more

Creature comforts - International Dog Day

August 2020

On International Dog Day we share stories from WAY members about how their beloved dogs have provided comfort in their g... Read more

Widowed photographer raises funds for WAY

July 2020

A photographer from Tunbridge Wells who lost her husband suddenly five years ago has been using lockdown as a way of rai... Read more

Birthday boy raises funds for WAY

July 2020

When Judith Burr’s husband Andy died last September, his best friend Steve Cavell was devastated. The pair were more lik... Read more

WAY receives funds through Government's Coronavirus Community Support Fund

July 2020

We are delighted to announce that WAY Widowed and Young has been awarded six months of funding from the UK Government’s ... Read more

Congratulations to WAY's skydivers

July 2020

When WAY member Laurent Lucas shared on Facebook that he was scared of heights, he never imagined that nine months later... Read more

WAY receives £10k donation from Hither Green Crematorium

July 2020

WAY has received a generation donation of £10,000 from Hither Green Crematorium. WAY’s Chief Executive Rebecca Cooper s... Read more

Marking International Widows' Day

June 2020

Today is International Widows' Day - a day that was set up by the UN ten years ago to recognise the plight of widows aro... Read more

Reflections on Father's Day from widowed parents

June 2020

Father's Day can be challenging for WAY members for many different reasons, whether they're strugglling with raising chi... Read more

Reflections on Father's Day from WAY members without children

June 2020

Father's Day can be a challenging time for WAY members for so many different reasons. Today, we share three incredibly m... Read more

Men's Health Week: Tips on men and grief

June 2020

To mark Men’s Health Week, WAY member Seth Williams encourages widowed men to reach out for support and to talk with oth... Read more