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Tips for supporting a bereaved child with SEND
Oct 2025
Our friends at the Childhood Bereavement UK offer advice on how to support children with special educational needs (SEND).
How to support a child bereaved by suicide
Sept 2025
To mark Suicide Prevention Month, our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish offer advice on how to support children following a death by suicide.
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…
A magical WAY summer break in the Peak District
Aug 2025
A group of WAY Widowed and Young members travelled to the Peak District this summer for a magical three days of sunshine, shooting stars and mutual support…
How to support your grieving child as they prepare to return to school
Aug 2025
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish offer some tips on supporting bereaved children at the start of the new school year…
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…
Tips from Winston’s Wish: Coping with the summer holidays with a grieving child
Jul 2025
As the summer holidays approach, we share tips on navigating the long summer break as a widowed parent…
11 tips on holidaying alone with children as a widowed parent
Jul 2025
Widowed mum Lauren shares her tips on going on a solo holiday with young children
Blank Space: Sophie’s struggle to register her baby’s birth
Jun 2025
On Tuesday, 17 June, Sophie’s experiences were shared in Parliament by MP Jen Craft as part of her Ten Minute Rule Bill to close the Blank Space faced by some bereaved mothers trying to register their…
Supporting a grieving child on Father's Day
Jun 2025
Our friends at Winston’s Wish offer eight tips to help widowed parents support their bereaved child through Father’s Day…
Rainbow Review: Winston’s Wish activity for bereaved children
May 2025
Our friends at the child bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared a creative and comforting activity that carers can do with bereaved children to help them gently explore and express their emoti…
Campaigning for change: Democracy in action
Apr 2025
WAY trustee Gary explains how emailing his MP has helped to open doors for WAY’s Stand Up for Bereaved Families campaign.
Spring craft activity: the Thankful Tree from Winston’s Wish
Apr 2025
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared this spring craft activity to help bereaved families navigate the Easter holidays.
How to cope with Mother’s Day – advice from Winston’s Wish
Mar 2025
Ahead of Mother’s Day, our friends at Winston’s Wish offer some advice about supporting bereaved young people whose mum has died…
Navigating Mother’s Day: tips from WAY members
Mar 2025
From adverts to social media posts, it can be difficult to avoid Mother’s Day - We are thinking of anyone who's struggling this Mother's Day- those who are being Mum & Dad to bereaved children, those…
Day of Reflection: Five years seems forever and no time at all
Mar 2025
To mark this Day of Reflection, WAY Ambassador Emma Charlesworth reflects on the five years since her husband Charlie died of COVID-19…
Taking the plunge together: Emma and Poppy’s PGL adventures
Feb 2025
Recently, WAY member Emma and her daughter Poppy joined nearly 80 WAY members and children as part of an activity weekend at PGL Caythorpe near Grantham. Emma shares their experience…
Feb 2025
Two bereaved parents are taking their fight for equal bereavement benefits for cohabiting couples all the way to the European Court of Human Rights. Here’s their story…
Bridget Jones as a young widow: A WAY member’s review of Mad About the Boy
Feb 2025
To mark the launch of the new Bridget Jones movie that shows Bridget as a young widow, we asked Scottish WAY member Alison to preview it for us…
Reflections on love, loss and happily ever after
Feb 2025
Ahead of the launch of the new Bridget Jones movie this Valentine’s Day eve, WAY Ambassador Emma Charlesworth shares her thoughts on love, loss, judgement – and ‘living happily ever after’ – five year…
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.