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Emma's Story: Supporting Children
Nov 2023
WAY member and ex-primary school deputy headteacher Emma Marfleet shared her story during Children's Grief Awareness Week and how she is helping her children maintain an ongoing relationship with thei…
Reflecting on Remembrance Day: Matthew’s story
Nov 2023
WAY member Matthew, who’s a serving Navy officer and member of the WAY military subgroup, reflects on how he has navigated many difficult firsts since his wife and stepdaughter died – and how he’s pla…
Celebrating Diwali: Finding light in the darkness
Nov 2023
WAY member Shalini explains how her Indian heritage and her Hindu faith have affected her bereavement journey since her husband died – and she shares how she will be celebrating Diwali this year by lo…
World Menopause Day: Landmark opportunity inspired WAY member’s short story on menopause
Oct 2023
When writer Cath Holland’s husband Andy died of bowel cancer in 2019, she wasn’t able to write her own stories at first. So when Cath saw that WAY was offering members an opportunity to stay in a Land…
Marking Black History Month: Johanna’s story
Sept 2023
WAY volunteer Johanna Pereira shares the story of how she navigated the cultural challenges of being widowed and Black
Widowed and sober: Karen’s story
Jul 2023
To mark Alcohol Awareness Week, WAY member Karen shares the powerful story of how she battled alcohol dependence after her husband Ben died of cancer – and is now celebrating being five years sober.
Providing a support network for military widows
Jun 2023
To mark Armed Forces Day, we share the story of WAY Ambassador Emma Gray, who has set up a support group for members of our charity who are either serving in the military or whose late partner or spou…
Carers Week: Finding a web of support
Jun 2023
To mark Carers Week (5-11 June), charity consultant widowed dad Josh Cass writes about how he coped as a carer for his wife when she was ill with cancer, thanks to a web of support from friends and fa…
Gavin’s Story: Coping with Father’s Day as a widowed dad
Jun 2023
As Father’s Day approaches, Gavin reflects on his experiences and how he’s coped with his own grief while raising his 8-year-old son, Magnus.
Rob shares his story for Men's Health Week
Jun 2023
WAY volunteer Rob shares how the online world helped him to make new friends and stay connected after his wife died for Men's Health Week.
Mar 2023
WAY Widowed and Young member Amanda from Scotland shares how she took up flying as a new focus after her husband Davie died. You can read more about Amanda’s story in the April 2023 issue of Prima mag…
"Will there be other people like us?" - Pete's Story
Mar 2023
When Pete's first WAY Forward newsletter fell onto the doormat, the PGL weekend in February immediately piqued his interest.
Siobhan's Story: Cohabiting Couples Campaign
Feb 2023
When Siobhan discovered through conversations with Citizen’s Advice that parents who were not married or in a civil partnership were unable to claim the support available at that time to married paren…
Jan 2023
A group of WAY members are walking a marathon through the streets of London on Saturday (28 January) to get fit and to raise funds for our charity. WAY member Kass is one of our Winter Walkers. Kass …
Jan 2023
Lately, I’ve been finding comfort not in religion or spirituality, but from physics. One quote in particular by physicist Brian Cox has been playing heavily on my mind – that inevitably, all forms of …
ITVBe documentary: WAY member Debbie shares her husband’s brain cancer story
Dec 2022
WAY member Debbie, whose husband Steve was diagnosed with the same type of brain cancer as The Wanted singer Tom Parker, says she admires Tom’s widow Kelsey Parker for speaking out so publicly about h…
Sarah’s Story and appearing on ITVBe's 'Life After Tom'
Dec 2022
WAY member Sarah shares her story and why being involved in the "Life After Tom" documentary was important to her.
Sunita's Story: Volunteering for WAY
Dec 2022
As part of International Volunteer Day, WAY volunteer Sunita shares her story with us.
WAY member Hannah features in ITVBe documentary
Nov 2022
On 1 December, Kelsey Parker’s documentary Life After Tom is due to air on ITVBe at 9pm. In the first episode, Kelsey joins a WAY meet up and talks to Kent WAY members Sarah, Hannah and Michael - and …
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.