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Children’s Grief Awareness Week: Sharing Emma’s story
Nov 2025
To mark Children’s Grief Awareness Week, we share the story of WAY member Emma, who is using her own experience to help support grieving children.
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…
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…
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…
WAY’s Impact in 2024 – Supporting 4,500+ young widowed people across the UK
Jul 2025
A survey of WAY Widowed and Young members in June 2025 reveals the power of WAY’s peer-to-peer support network
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…
Feb 2025
Ramadan Mubarak to all of those in the Muslim community and to our Muslim members. We know how difficult it can be to mark this Holy Month without your loved one.
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…
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…
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…
Finding light in the darkness: Nicola’s story
Dec 2024
WAY member Nicola lost her husband Dave to cancer six years ago, when she was 38. He was Christian and she is Jewish. She talks about navigating interfaith differences in life and in death – and as Ha…
Seven swans a-swimming: WAY’s festive yarnbomb wings its way to Chester
Dec 2024
Creative WAY members have been weaving their yarnbombing magic once again – bringing Christmas cheer to Chester with seven handcrafted swans a-swimming…
Grief at Christmas: Common questions asked by parents and carers
Dec 2024
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish share some tips in coping with Christmas as a widowed parent…
Tips from Winston’s Wish: Twelve things I wish I’d known about grief
Nov 2024
To mark Children’s Grief Awareness Week, our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish share the truth behind the common myths about grief and reveal the 12 things it’s helpful to kn…
Make and Talk activity for Halloween
Oct 2024
As Halloween approaches, our friends at Winston’s Wish share a make and talk activity to help bereaved children face their fears…
Supporting a bereaved child through exam season
Apr 2024
This Stress Awareness Month, our friends and Full Circle Partners Winston’s Wish have shared their advice on how adults can support grieving children and young people through the exam season.
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...
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.
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.