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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…
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 …
LGBT+ History Month: Standing up for LGBT+ rights
Jan 2025
For LGBT+ History Month, we share the story of WAY Widowed and Young member Andrew, who campaigned for same-sex marriage and was able to marry his partner, Jerry, before he died at the age of 30.
Jan 2025
As we enter 2025, WAY has almost 200 formal volunteers who have stepped forward to help support the charity and our members in a variety of different ways.
WAY Holidays: Looking back on 2024
Jan 2025
Throughout the year, the WAY Operations Team organises a number of weekend breaks across the country that all WAY members can attend. 2024 was no exception…
Coping with Christmas: Tips from WAY members
Dec 2024
Members of WAY share their tips on coping with Christmas when you’ve been widowed young…
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 on coping with Christmas as a widowed parent…
Gary’s story: Navigating life as a widowed dad
Nov 2024
To mark International Men’s Day, we talk to WAY Trustee Gary about his experiences as a widowed dad…
Transgender Awareness Week: Hear from WAY Ambassador Maria
Nov 2024
This Transgender Awareness Week (13-19 November), we hear from WAY Ambassador Maria about coming out as trans – and the support she’s received from the widowed community…
Five ways to manage grief in the summer holidays
Jul 2024
Our charity partners at the child bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared five useful tips on coping with the summer holidays when you’re caring for bereaved children.
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.
Supporting grieving children and young people during the Easter break
Mar 2024
Supporting grieving children and young people during the Easter break
Meet two WAY volunteers making a difference in their communities
Mar 2024
Meet two WAY volunteers making a difference in their communities
Tips for a good night's sleep on World Sleep Day
Mar 2024
Ruth Lin has been a member of WAY for several years. When she was first widowed, she only got about four hours' sleep a night but now she enjoys up to seven hours of shut eye. She helps people with sl…
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…
Navigating Ramadan as a young widow
Feb 2024
The month of Ramadan is one of the most significant and holy times of the year for Muslims. WAY member, Ruba shares her tips for navigating Ramadan as a young widow...
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.
Bereaved young people share their advice on how to get through Mother’s Day
Feb 2024
Our Full Circle partners Winston’s Wish asked children and young people what advice they’d give to others who are grieving this Mother’s Day. Here’s what they said:
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.