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Bereavement charities partner to provide full circle support
Nov 2023
We are thrilled to announce an exciting partnership between WAY Widowed and Young and the child bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish
Nov 2023
Log in to our new Members Hub as soon as possible if you want to continue to receive your printed issue of WAY Forward by post in future.
Oct 2023
Have you logged onto WAY’s new Members Hub yet to make sure you’re making the most of your membership? Find support here...
Sept 2023
More than 100 WAY members headed to Bristol on 23 September to take part in the charity’s AGM and Annual Gathering. Find out what we got up to over the weekend...
Sept 2023
Our AGM was the perfect opportunity for Trustee Kate, who chairs the charity’s Website Working Group, to unveil plans for the new Members Hub, which has been unveiled this week.
WAY photo competition: making memories
Aug 2023
This summer, to mark World Photography Day on 19 August, we invited members of our charity WAY Widowed and Young to share their photos with us inspired by the theme: “Making memories”.
Jul 2023
We are absolutely thrilled to be launching our brand new Members Hub this Summer.
Making memories together on Father’s Day
Jun 2023
A group of 55 WAY members and children spent two days together in Derbyshire over the Father’s Day weekend making new memories and finding friendship, support and understanding.
May 2023
WAY Widowed and Young’s Membership and Finance Officer Tanya reports back on an action-packed weekend for WAY members in Wales…
Sunny skies for WAY’s Big Picnic weekend
May 2023
The sun came out for WAY’s Big Picnic weekend, enticing more than 400 WAY members, friends and family to roll out their picnic blankets at 38 picturesque picnic locations from North Wales to Norfolk a…
Apr 2023
Stephanie recently spent the day with 50 WAY members and children attending a PGL weekend near Grantham. Between zipping down the zipwire and sharpening her archery skills, she took the time to share …
Digital Developments: Website updates coming soon...
Apr 2023
WAY’s Head of Operations and Partnerships Colette and Digital Marketing Officer Rachel have been busy working with our website providers and our Website Working Group to lead on the development of our…
Mar 2023
We are delighted to welcome two new members – Bobbie Kelly and Marcos Eleftheriou to WAY’s Board of Trustees.
Landmark Opportunity: A weekend away
Mar 2023
Last month, some of our members had the fantastic opportunity to spend four days at a historic Landmark Trust property in Shropshire as part of the Trust’s 50 for Free initiative.
Safer Internet Day: Keeping safe online
Feb 2023
To mark Safer Internet Day, WAY Trustee Louise Dodds shares some tips on how to stay safe online.
PGL Adventure: Making new memories with WAY
Feb 2023
Earlier this month, more than 60 WAY members and children headed to PGL Caythorpe Court near Grantham for a weekend of adventure including high ropes, zip wire, archery, climbing, buggy building, prob…
Nov 2022
WAY is all about peer support and extending kindness to other people who have lost a loved one. Ahead of World Kindness Day on 13 November, we talked to WAY volunteer Tracey, who won WAY's Mandy Burro…
100 WAY members celebrate WAY's 25th anniversary in Glasgow
Sept 2022
More than 100 WAY members headed to Glasgow this month to take part in the charity’s first face to face AGM since 2019.
May 2022
25 years of making a difference. Today marks the start of Volunteers week and we wanted to share a HUGE THANK YOU, for all you do, we really couldn't do it without you.
May 2022
What a weekend! From Scotland to South Wales and from Sussex to the Serpentine, more than 400 members and supporters across the UK helped to raise awareness on WAY’s Big Picnic weekend at more than 30…
WAY is the only national charity in the UK for people aged 50 or under when their partner died.
It’s a peer-to-peer support group operating with a network of volunteers who have been bereaved at a young age themselves, so they understand exactly what other members are going through.