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WAY campaign in the news

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

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 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

BBC News: WAY members talk about coping with coronavirus isolation

March 2020

WAY members talk to BBC News about how they are helping each other cope with the coronavirus crisis here... Read more

WAY signs open letter to Government

March 2020

WAY today signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, alongside 17 other charities, calling for the Government to remed... Read more

WAY member pops up in Campervan magazine

February 2020

WAY member Mark shares his journey with Campervan magazine... Read more

WAY members in Christmas issue of Good Housekeeping

October 2019

WAY members Gaynor and Rupert are featured in the Christmas issue of Good Housekeeping - talking about how their love ha... Read more

WAY members in Christmas issue of Woman & Home

October 2019

WAY members Jannine and Mark are interviewed in the Christmas issue of Woman and Home magazine about their heartwarming ... Read more

Daily Mail supports WAY campaign

July 2019

"We urgently need a bereavement benefits policy that is fit for the 21st century." An article in today's Daily Mail supp... Read more

WAY on Woman's Hour

June 2019

WAY member Colette spoke to Woman's Hour about the pitfalls of introducing a new partner to your children when you've be... Read more

WAY members make voices heard in Guardian

June 2019

WAY's campaign spokesperson Georgia Elms and two WAY members (Vicki and Dean) speak out against discrimination against c... Read more

Tips from a widowed dad on coping with grief

June 2019

"I wanted to challenge the perceptions of male grief and help other men talk about how they feel." WAY member Mark Wilco... Read more

WAY members in Sunday Post

May 2019

Two of our members Celine MacConnell and Hannah Ward spoke to the Sunday Post in Scotland about finding friendship throu... Read more

WAY members give evidence to Select Committee

May 2019

Seven WAY members travelled to Westminster on 5 June to share their stories with the Work and Pensions Select Committee ... Read more

WAY member on BBC South East Today

April 2019

WAY member Rupert Murrell talked to BBC South East Today at 6.30pm on 23 April 2019 about reaching the finals of the Cha... Read more

WAY members in the Guardian

April 2019

"It feels like we've taken two broken families and made them whole again." WAY members Moira and Thomas talk to The Guar... Read more

UNILAD: WAY responds to Ricky Gervais' After Life

April 2019

WAY's trustee Rebecca Cooper and WAY member Nathen Amin were quoted in an article in UNILAD about the Ricky Gervais Netf... Read more

WAY trustee on BBC Radio 5 Live

April 2019

WAY trustee Jo Sedley-Burke was interviewed in BBC Radio 5 Live and on BBC Radio Wales in April 2019 on the subject of m... Read more

WAY members on BBC Asian Network

April 2019

WAY members Shalini Bhalla-Lucas and Sweena Chauhan spoke to the BBC Asian Network about the challenges facing young wid... Read more

WAY member on Radio 4 Money Box

April 2019

WAY member Alex Delaney talked to Radio 4's Money Box Live in this very useful programme about the challenges of dealing... Read more

Singing through grief: WAY member in Prima

January 2019

"Singing with the choir has become my therapy. It doesn't matter how tough my week has been, I always leave our rehear... Read more

WAY quoted in Sunday Mirror story about single travel supplements

January 2019

WAY members quoted in Sunday Mirror story about the unfairness of single supplements for solo travellers. Read the full... Read more

WAY members talks to Refinery 29 about being an unmarried widow

January 2019

"Adam always thought that being married was just a bit of paper, and that by ticking the 'common law' box on forms it me... Read more

WAY members in the Sun

January 2019

Two WAY Widowed & Young members share their stories with the Sun, illustrating why it's so important for families to... Read more

WAY member in Woman

January 2019

WAY member Gary Marson pays tribute in Woman magazine to his wife Louise, a GP who took her own life in 2015. He explain... Read more