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Seven marathons, seven days: Matt’s story
Jun 2023
In July, WAY supporter Matt is running a gruelling seven marathons in seven days in memory of his brother-in-law Clax and to raise funds for WAY. That’s nearly 200 miles in one week! Here’s Matt’s sto…
May 2023
Our members are between them clocking up hundreds of miles in preparation for their walking and cycling challenges to raise funds for WAY this month – so please do show your generous support.
May 2023
WAY Widowed and Young member Carol explains why she’s decided to cycle 100 miles through the streets of London and Essex to raise funds for our charity.
A marathon effort from our friends of WAY
Apr 2023
A huge thank you to our two incredible friends of WAY who ran in the London Marathon last weekend to raise funds for WAY; between them, they have raised more than £2,200.
WAY's fundraising heroes: April
Apr 2023
We want to celebrate some of the incredible things are fundraisers have been up to and have planned for the coming weeks.
CrossCountry Trains team take up the #RobbosRamble challenge
Mar 2023
We want to say a huge thank you to CrossCountry Trains Regional Director John Robson and the amazing team that came together to raise money for WAY this week.
Running a marathon for WAY: Nick’s story
Mar 2023
When WAY’s Volunteer Manager Veronica heard that her neighbour Nick had got a place in this year’s London Marathon, she jokingly asked him if he was running for charity, as she knew a good one!
Jan 2023
A group of WAY members are walking a marathon through the streets of London on Saturday (28 January) to get fit and to raise funds for our charity. WAY member Kass is one of our Winter Walkers. Kass …
Sept 2022
Five inspirational WAY supporters pulled on their running shoes to raise funds for our charity this autumn and between them have raised more than £5,000!
Rebecca's story: singing for WAY
Jul 2022
On Sunday 10 July, WAY member and singer Rebecca Newman stepped back on stage for the first time since before Covid, and the first time since her husband Jay died suddenly in August 2020.
Cycling challenge 350km to raise funds for WAY
Apr 2022
A group of friends from Frome cycled 350 gruelling kilometres from Cornwall to Somerset – climbing more than 4,000 metres – over Easter in memory of their childhood friend and Open University Astronom…
Chris’s story: Getting back on his bike for WAY
Apr 2022
After surviving a horrific accident that killed his 30-year-old wife Elaine in September 2011, WAY volunteer Chris Dunne is getting back on his bike and cycling 100 miles to raise funds for WAY this M…
South Essex Crematorium raises £15,000 for WAY
Mar 2022
We would like to say a huge thank you to South Essex Crematorium for their generous donation of £15,000 to WAY Widowed and Young through the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management's metal re…
Widowed photographer raises funds for WAY
Jul 2020
A photographer from Tunbridge Wells who lost her husband suddenly five years ago has been using lockdown as a way of raising money for WAY Widowed and Young, which helped her cope with being widowed a…
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Did you know that an annual WAY membership costs the charity £60? So every penny raised by our incredible supporters goes directly to make up the shortfall between this and the £25 fee paid each year by members.