WAY appoints two new Ambassadors
July 2021
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Campaign news: Government to extend bereavement payments to cohabiting couples
July 2021
An announcement from WAY Ambassador Georgia Elms in response to the Government’s draft legislation that will extend bere... Read more
July 2021
We are delighted to announce the appointment of WAY’s new Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Patrick. Stephanie is curre... Read more
Trustee Jo-Sedley Burke named as new WAY Chair
July 2021
We are delighted to announce that Trustee Jo Sedley-Burke has been named the new Chair of WAY Widowed and Young. Jo joi... Read more
Marking International Widows' Day
June 2021
23 June is International Widows’ Day, which is a UN awareness day set up to highlight the plight of widows around the wo... Read more
June 2021
Father's Day is an incredibly difficult date for many WAY members - for so many different reasons. Whether they are pare... Read more
June 2021
This June, we are marking Pride Month by sharing the stories of WAY Widowed and Young members who are also members of th... Read more
Celebrating Volunteers' Week: members' stories
June 2021
To celebrate Volunteers' Week, we shared the stories of some of our inspirational WAY volunteers and WAY members who wer... Read more
June 2021
1-7 June is Volunteer's Week and we wanted to give a huge shout out to all our fantastic WAY volunteers! WAY has a volu... Read more
May 2021
Congratulations to these inspirational WAY Widowed & Young members, who walked 100km on an epic London2Brighton chal... Read more
Join WAY's Big Picnic at Home this weekend
May 2021
Over the weekend of the 15th-16th May, WAY will be hosting our annual Big Picnic Event. WAY are inviting our members,... Read more
How cats are helping WAY members through their grief
April 2021
For National Pet Day (on 11 April), WAY member Stephen talks about how a cat called Jelly has helped him to get through ... Read more
WAY's Chief Executive leaving to take up new role
March 2021
We are very sad to announce that WAY’s Chief Executive Rebecca Cooper will be leaving our charity in May to take up a ne... Read more
March 2021
On this National Day of Reflection, we are pleased to announce the apppointment of a new Ambassador, who will play a vit... Read more
WAY supports National Day of Reflection
March 2021
WAY Widowed and Young supports National Day of Reflection on 23 March 2021 A day to reflect, grieve and remember WAY ... Read more
WAY dad shares his story on Mother's Day
March 2021
Richard’s story To mark Mother’s Day, we wanted to share the story of WAY dad Richard, 33, whose wife Helen died last y... Read more
March 2021
WAY member Susannah's story was featured in Woman magazine this month... Read the full story here... Read more
Recent media coverage of WAY: a statement from our Chief Executive
March 2021
“As Chief Executive of the charity WAY Widowed and Young, I wanted to respond to the recent coverage in several publicat... Read more
Three WAY members in Fabulous magazine
February 2021
Three WAY members - Lewis, Michael and Sam - shared their moving stories with Fabulous magazine in an article about men ... Read more
February 2021
WAY member Laura Rudd shared her story with the Daily Mirror to highlight that the government are still dragging their h... Read more
Welcome to three new WAY Ambassadors
February 2021
We are delighted to appoint three new Ambassadors, who will play a vital role in helping to raise the profile of our cha... Read more
Safer Internet Day: Tips for staying safe online
February 2021
To mark Safer Internet Day, we wanted to share these tips written by WAY member Alyson to raise awareness about internet... Read more
Tips on coping with Valentine's Day when you've been widowed young
February 2021
Valentine’s Day is tough when you’ve been widowed. So in the run up to 14 February this year, we asked our members to sh... Read more
WAY joins call for Government action on extending bereavement support to co-habiting couples
February 2021
On the anniversary of a landmark judgment from the High Court, WAY Widowed and Young is joining the Childhood Bereavemen... Read more
A partner's view for World Cancer Day
February 2021
To mark World Cancer Day, we would like to share this blog post from Red Kites and Beaches written by WAY memb... Read more
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If you are a member of the press, we are happy to help you find a WAY member who can talk in very personal way about what it’s like to be bereaved at a young age.
For all media enquiries, please contact our press officer Vicky Anning on media@widowedandyoung.org.uk.