February 2021
February 4 is World Cancer Day. To mark this day, we asked WAY Widowed and Young's members to share photographs of the l... Read more
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WAY receives £10,000 donation from Hereford Crematorium
January 2021
We would like to say a huge thank you to Hereford Crematorium for their generous donation of £10,000 to WAY Widowed and ... Read more
Fab Five take on 1,000 mile challenge
January 2021
Five fabulous WAY members have decided to give back to the charity that has helped them along in their bereavement journ... Read more
Masterserve Foundation donates £2k to WAY
January 2021
We are delighted to have received a donation of more than £2,000 from the Masterserve Foundation, which is made up of th... Read more
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
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
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
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
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