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Coping with Christmas: Rebecca’s story
Dec 2024
WAY member Rebecca, who set up the subgroup WAY WOCS for WAY members without children – shares how she copes with Christmas…
Lone parenting is an extreme sport with no training
Feb 2024
WAY member Meredith reflects on the relentlessness of widowed parenting – and the importance of asking for help…
Anushka’s story: Navigating secondary losses on Mother’s Day
Feb 2024
WAY member Anushka was on the brink of countless adventures with her partner Max when he died suddenly in March 2020 at the age of just 33.
Navigating grief together: A mother and daughter’s journey
Nov 2023
We talk to WAY’s National Volunteer Manager Veronica, whose husband Wullie died unexpectedly from a heart attack seven years ago, and her daughter Becca, now 18.
Marking Black History Month: Selina’s story
Sept 2023
To mark Black History Month, Selina shares some of the financial and emotional challenges she faced after her fiancé Ray died in 2022…
Sweena's Story: International Widows' Day
Jun 2023
23 June is International Widows’ Day, which is a UN awareness day set up to highlight the plight of widows around the world.
Ramadan as a young Muslim widow: Ruba’s story
Mar 2023
Ramadan Mubarak to all of those in the Muslim community and to our Muslim members. We understand how difficult it can be to experience this month without your loved one, so South London-based WAY memb…
Kathy's Story: Cohabiting Couples Campaign
Feb 2023
WAY Ambassador Kathy Ford lost her partner Keith in November 2018 to a sudden heart attack. They had been together for 19 years and had two sons together. In June 2019, Kathy gave evidence to the Work…
Orlanda's Story: Widowed, Pregnant and Challenging Injustices
Feb 2023
WAY Widowed and Young Ambassador Orlanda Bryars was featured on The One Show on 7 February alongside fellow WAY members Joana and Kelly. Here she highlights the heart-breaking injustices facing pregna…
Celebrating campaign success: Laura's Story
Jan 2023
York-based WAY member Laura has been campaigning to extend bereavement support to unmarried parents since her partner Nigel died of a heart attack in February 2020, leaving her to bring up their 2-yea…
Jonathan's Story: Volunteering for WAY
Dec 2022
On International Volunteer Day and we would like to say an enormous thank you to our volunteers; they do an incredible job supporting our 4500+ members across the UK and they make such a huge differen…
Sept 2022
Five inspirational WAY supporters pulled on their running shoes to raise funds for our charity this autumn and between them have raised more than £5,000!
Finding support with grief through WAY's LGBTQ+ community
Jun 2022
Suzanne helps to share her story of being widowed and then finding support with grief through the WAY LGBTQ+ community.
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.