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Life after suicide loss: Lusu’s story
Sept 2026
WAY member Lusu shares her story and talks about how she has started rebuilding her life since her husband died by suicide in October 2025…
Lydine’s story: Finding the right support after suicide bereavement
Sept 2026
After losing her husband Matthew to suicide two years ago, WAY member Lydine reflects on explaining suicide bereavement to children and finding the right support…
An Ocean and a Day: A memoir on the turmoil of grief
Sept 2026
In this extract from her new memoir, novelist Hannah Richell reflects on grief, healing and learning to let the light back in after being widowed young…
World Suicide Prevention Day, WAY Member Lisa challenges the Myths and Taboos
Sept 2026
Marking World Suicide Prevention Day, WAY member Lisa challenges the myths and taboos around suicide bereavement
World Suicide Prevention Day: Changing the narrative around suicide
Sept 2026
Marking World Suicide Prevention Day, WAY member Lisa shares her experiences after losing her husband to suicide…
Scaling three Welsh peaks for WAY
Jun 2026
After Andy died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack in February, his friends Ben, Joe and Luke decided to take on the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge on 13 June, which would have been Andy’s 46t…
WAY member Rosie Moss turns award-winning Widowed AF podcast into book
Apr 2026
Read how WAY member Rosie Moss turned her award-winning podcast into a book about what it feels like to be widowed and young…
Running through grief: Why Hannah decided to raise funds for WAY
Feb 2026
Hannah explains what motivated her to run the Bath Half Marathon for WAY Widowed and Young…
Blank Space campaign in Scotland: Karen’s story
Jan 2026
Scottish WAY member Karen shares why she is supporting WAY’s Blank Space campaign…
Sharing Stories, Strengthening Hope: Andrew’s story
Nov 2025
This Children’s Grief Awareness Week, we share the story of WAY member Andrew, who offers his advice on navigating life as a widowed dad…
World Suicide Prevention Day: Helping to change the narrative
Sept 2025
WAY member Claudia shares her thoughts to mark World Suicide Prevention Day…
Rebuilding hope after being widowed by suicide
Sept 2025
To mark Suicide Awareness Month, we asked writer and mentor Caroline Roodhouse to share her advice on navigating life after being widowed by suicide…
Jul 2025
WAY’s Social Media Officer Karen decided to take her four young children away on holiday just a few days after her husband’s funeral. Here’s her story…
Sophie’s first year as a young widowed Mum: Reflecting on loss, love and new traditions
Dec 2024
WAY member Sophie was 17 weeks pregnant when her husband Paul tragically died in a road traffic accident. Now, over a year on, Sophie reflects on how she’s creating new traditions for herself and her …
Simon’s story: Finding strength through WAY’s peer-to-peer support
Nov 2024
This International Men’s Day, we ask WAY volunteer Simon how he rebuilt his life after his wife was killed in a road traffic collision…
Building friendships through grief
May 2024
Katie and Nat joined WAY after losing their husbands Oli and Steve in December 2022. Katie was 31 and Nat was 34 at the time.
Healing through helping others: Matt’s story
Apr 2024
WAY member Matt talks about how he wanted to help other people who’d been widowed at a young age by organising events in his local area - from curry nights to car maintenance…
Dec 2023
WAY member Darren’s husband Chris died in January after suffering a brain aneurysm. The 44-year-old from Sheffield explains how he has navigated the past 11 months without Chris….
Navigating grief together: A mother and daughter’s journey
Nov 2023
We talk to WAY’s National Volunteer Manager Veronica, whose husband Wullie died unexpectedly from a heart attack seven years ago, and her daughter Becca, now 18.
Jonathan's Story: Volunteering for WAY
Dec 2022
On International Volunteer Day and we would like to say an enormous thank you to our volunteers; they do an incredible job supporting our 4500+ members across the UK and they make such a huge differen…
Unfortunately, there’s no guide book for grief. Everyone is different, and no two people will experience grieving in the same way. From numbness to anger, from disbelief to guilt, there’s no set pattern to the grieving process, especially when you’ve been widowed at a young age.