Filter by:
- Member Tips (23)
- Mental Health (6)
- Ethnic and Cultural Community (2)
- Military (1)
- LGBTQIA+ (2)
- With children (23)
- Without children (4)
- Men's grief (5)
- Suicide (2)
- Cancer (1)
- Cardiac (1)
- RTC (1)
- Sudden Bereavement (4)
- Important dates (15)
- About WAY (38)
- Events (27)
- Volunteering (17)
- Media Coverage (6)
- Campaign: Bereavement Support Payments (1)
- Fundraising (3)
- Winston's Wish (7)
Ten-year tribute inspires year of giving
Oct 2025
Ten years after her husband died, WAY Widowed and Young member Lindsay is taking on 12 months of fundraising challenges in his memory…
Congratulations to our 2025 Helen Bailey Award winner
Oct 2025
Meet the winner of our 2025 award for the best WAY blogger about widowed life, as voted by our members…
WAY members head to Bournemouth for 2025 AGM
Oct 2025
More than 115 members of WAY Widowed and Young headed to Bournemouth for the charity’s annual general meeting and dinner dance…
Offering safe online opportunities for WAY members
Sept 2025
Thanks to a dedicated team of Online Volunteers, WAY members can seek company and connection with other members, tackling the isolation that grief and young widowhood can bring – without incurring any…
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…
Volunteers’ Week: Celebrating WAY’s incredible volunteers
Jun 2025
2 June to 8 June marks Volunteers’ Week
May 2025
The weather was beyond kind for WAY’s Big Picnic weekend, encouraging more than 550 WAY members, friends and family to roll out their picnic blankets at 36 picturesque locations across the country – f…
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…
Unleashing hope: Michelle’s story
Feb 2025
To mark National Love Your Pet Day, we share how WAY member Michelle followed her dream after she was widowed – setting up an award-winning dog grooming business…
Reimagining your world: Finding rainbows through the storm
Jan 2025
WAY Widowed and Young Ambassador Emma Gray shares how she weathered the storms after she was widowed at a young age, finding light in the darkness as she navigated her bereavement…
Sept 2024
More than 75 WAY members headed to Crewe on 21 September to take part in the charity’s 2024 AGM…
Volunteers’ Week: Celebrating WAY’s volunteers
Jun 2024
WAY’s National Volunteer Manager Veronica shares a round up of this month’s Volunteers’ Week.
Connecting with other WAY members: A jam-packed PGL weekend
Feb 2024
Nearly 100 WAY members and children recently headed for a WAY adventure weekend at PGL Caythorpe.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.