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Book competition: Your chance to win actress Jill Halfpenny’s memoir
Sept 2024
Find out how you can win a copy of actress Jill Halfpenny’s book about navigating grief
Healing through helping others: Matt’s story
Apr 2024
WAY member Matt talks about how he wanted to help other people who’d been widowed at a young age by organising events in his local area - from curry nights to car maintenance…
Kiltwalk Challenge: Veronica’s story
Apr 2024
WAY’s National Volunteer Manager Veronica Currie explains why she’s walking more than 80 miles through Scotland’s biggest cities to raise funds for WAY in memory of her late husband, who would have tu…
Rebuilding my life: Zoe's story
Mar 2024
WAY volunteer Zoe lost her partner to a road traffic collision in October 2020. She explains how she’s started to rebuild her own life after his death…
Mar 2024
Elanor was pregnant with their daughter when her partner Robin was killed in a road traffic collision. She shares her story and how the support she found following his death helped her...
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…
National Day of Reflection: Looking back on four years since being widowed to Covid-19
Feb 2024
WAY Ambassador Emma Charlesworth reflects on the rollercoaster of emotions she has navigated since her husband Charlie died after contracting Covid-19 four years ago…
Ramadan as a widowed Muslim mother: Ruba’s story
Feb 2024
We understand how difficult this month can be without your loved one, especially this year when the start of the month coincides with Mother’s Day.
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.
Feb 2024
WAY Widowed and Young is pleased to welcome our ninth member to the charity's Board of Trustees - Meet WAY member Sarah Bowsher.
Jan 2024
WAY member Katie explains how WAY has helped her to navigate life after her fiance’s death. Here’s her story…
Dec 2023
WAY member Darren’s husband Chris died in January after suffering a brain aneurysm. The 44-year-old from Sheffield explains how he has navigated the past 11 months without Chris….
Facing the future with optimism: Claire's Story
Dec 2023
WAY member Claire shares how she is facing the Christmas and the New Year with as much optimism as she can since her husband of 20 years died in January…
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.
Blank Space: Kelly’s fight for equality
Nov 2023
It was a few days after her fiancé Jordan’s funeral that former WAY member Kelly found out she was pregnant. Jordan had gone for a night out in Retford in Nottinghamshire with friends when he was atta…
Bereaved by Suicide: Kate’s story
Sept 2023
To mark Suicide Awareness Month, WAY member Kate shares how she is determined to turn the devastating loss of her partner Matt into a positive force to help people talk more openly about death and sui…
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.
Mar 2023
We are delighted to welcome two new members – Bobbie Kelly and Marcos Eleftheriou to WAY’s Board of Trustees.
Marking National Day of Reflection: Emma’s reflections
Mar 2023
Today, 23 March, has become known as the National Day of Reflection. Set up by the charity Marie Curie, it takes place on the anniversary of the day that then Prime Minister Boris Johnson placed the U…
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…
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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.