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Statutory Bereavement Damages: Calling for reform for bereaved families

Apr 2025

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is campaigning for reform to Statutory Bereavement Damages. Find out why…

Serica’s story: Running for WAY

Apr 2025

Birmingham WAY member Serica explains why she’s raising funds for the charity that’s been such a lifeline since she was widowed last year…

Book competition: Your chance to win I Am A Wolf Tonight

Apr 2025

WAY member Thelma Ainsworth has just published her first memoir I Am A Wolf Tonight, which documents her journey as a young widow after her husband died of cancer.

Spring craft activity: the Thankful Tree from Winston’s Wish

Apr 2025

Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared this spring craft activity to help bereaved families navigate the Easter holidays.

Stress Awareness Month

Apr 2025

Grief can often increase stress and anxiety. During Stress Awareness month, WAY members have been sharing their tips on how to cope with stress, with other members…

WAY’s spring fundraising update

Mar 2025

Hear what our fab fundraisers have been up to in the first few months of 2025…

How to cope with Mother’s Day – advice from Winston’s Wish

Mar 2025

Ahead of Mother’s Day, our friends at Winston’s Wish offer some advice about supporting bereaved young people whose mum has died…

Navigating Mother’s Day: tips from WAY members

Mar 2025

From adverts to social media posts, it can be difficult to avoid Mother’s Day - We are thinking of anyone who's struggling this Mother's Day- those who are being Mum & Dad to bereaved children, those…

Day of Reflection: Five years seems forever and no time at all

Mar 2025

To mark this Day of Reflection, WAY Ambassador Emma Charlesworth reflects on the five years since her husband Charlie died of COVID-19…

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…

International Women’s Day: Finding strength and friendship in widowhood

Mar 2025

This International Women’s Day, members of WAY Widowed and Young celebrate the strength of female friendship and support that has helped to carry them through widowhood…

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…

WAY member Ruba shares her reflections and resolutions this Ramadan, four years after her husband’s death…

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.

Fighting for fairness: Battle for backdated bereavement support reaches European Court of Human Rights

Feb 2025

Two bereaved parents are taking their fight for equal bereavement benefits for cohabiting couples all the way to the European Court of Human Rights. Here’s their story…

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.

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…

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…

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…

LGBT+ History Month: Queer widowhood then and now

Feb 2025

As well as being a time for looking back, LGBT+ History Month is a time for examining where we are now and for looking forward. WAY volunteer Suzanne delved into the Switchboard LGBT+ archives and fou…

Ways to cope with anniversaries, birthdays and special days when supporting a bereaved child

Feb 2025

With special dates like Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day coming up, our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish share some tips on supporting bereaved children through significant …

WAY is the only national charity in the UK for people aged 50 or under when their partner died.

It’s a club that nobody wants to be eligible to join, but we are so glad that our members find us. We are a place for people who have experienced an untimely loss to understand and have compassion for those experiencing the same. Quite simply, to be able to say: “I know”.

Our service offers 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.