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Celebrating our 2025 Mandy Burrows Award winners
Oct 2025
Read about the joint winners of our Mandy Burrows Award, for members who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help other young widowed people…
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…
Male breast cancer: Navigating life after a rare cancer diagnosis
Oct 2025
Around 400 men in the UK are diagnosed with male breast cancer each year, compared to 55,550 women, according to Cancer Research UK. To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, WAY member Jess shares what …
Tapping into corporate support to raise awareness of WAY
Sept 2025
From March-July 2025, the market research company Savanta supported the charity WAY Widowed and Young on a pro bono study to explore how to increase awareness and strengthen current services. Research…
Turning personal loss into professional impact: Rachel’s story
Sept 2025
WAY Ambassador Rachel explores how she has drawn on her own experience of bereavement in her professional career to give back to the charity that’s supported her through widowhood…
Easing into autumn whilst living with complex grief after suicide loss
Sept 2025
This Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, WAY member Piata offers some ideas on navigating the changing seasons after being bereaved 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…
Celebrating World Photography Day with WAY
Aug 2025
To mark World Photography Day, we encouraged WAY Widowed and Young members to send in photos from their travels. We received entries from far and wide…
WAY welcomes new trustee, Emma
Jul 2025
WAY Widowed and Young is pleased to welcome our eleventh member to the charity’s Board of Trustees – Emma Charlesworth.
WAY’s Book Club: online support for our members
Jul 2025
WAY Ambassador Sophie explains why she finds WAY’s online Book Club such a great source of support
Widowed with a disability: Georgina’s story
Jul 2025
To mark Disability Pride Month, WAY member Georgina shares how she has had to find new ways to manage everyday life since her partner died earlier this year…
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
Meet our 2025 Helen Bailey Blog Award nominees
Jun 2025
Congratulations to our three wonderful nominees, who have been put forward for our 2025 Helen Bailey blog award for best WAY blogger.
Jake’s journey: Navigating life as a widowed dad
Jun 2025
In the run up to Father’s Day, we share the story of widowed dad Jake…
Mandy Burrows Award: Meet our 2025 nominees
Jun 2025
Meet our wonderful 2025 nominees for WAY’s Mandy Burrows Award for making an outstanding contribution to our charity.
Day of Reflection: Learning to live again after loss
Mar 2025
To mark this Day of Reflection, WAY member Eileen reflects on the three years since she lost her partner Scott to 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
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.
A word from the Chair of WAY: Joanna’s story
Feb 2025
The Chair of WAY Widowed and Young Joanna Sedley-Burke talks about being an LGBTQIA+ widow – and her ambitions to make sure everyone knows about WAY.
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…
You don't have to face widowhood alone.
If you've lost your partner before your 51st birthday and live in the UK – whether you were married or not, with or without children, whatever your sexual orientation, race or religion – you are welcome to join us.
Joining up to WAY takes minutes and costs just £30 a year, which can be paid either by direct debit or PayPal.
“I will always remain a member of WAY as I know that my membership helps WAY to continue to support other members and reach out to new members.
Since WAY has made such a difference to me after being widowed young, I want to do all that I can to help that support continue” - WAY member, Jenny