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Counselling support for WAY members: Tim’s story
Nov 2025
WAY member Tim explains how being a member of WAY opened up the opportunity of free telephone bereavement counselling, which has helped him to reframe his approach to life as a widowed dad…
How grief affects military spouses
Nov 2025
This Remembrance Day, we wanted to share WAY Ambassador Emma’s story and some of the unique challenges and experiences that can come with being a military widow.
Nov 2025
WAY member Laura Robbins MBE from Bristol is Chair of the RAF Widows’ Association. On Remembrance Day, Laura remembers her husband Nick, who served in the RAF.
International Brain Tumour Awareness Week: WAY member Debbie shares her story
Oct 2025
To mark International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, WAY member Debbie talks about how she has navigated the last four years since her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour…
Male breast cancer: Navigating life after a rare cancer diagnosis
Oct 2025
Around 400 men in the UK are diagnosed with male breast cancer each year, compared to 55,550 women, according to Cancer Research UK. To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, WAY member Jess shares what …
Widowed with a disability: Georgina’s story
Jul 2025
To mark Disability Pride Month, WAY member Georgina shares how she has had to find new ways to manage everyday life since her partner died earlier this year…
Finding friendship: Helping to see the future again
Jul 2025
To mark International Friendship Day, we celebrate the friendship between WAY Ambassador Caro and ‘kindred spirit’ Caz, who met through WAY…
Widowed and sober: Karen’s story
Jul 2025
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.
Supporting each other through tough times: Volunteer Liz’s story
May 2025
Volunteer Liz explains why she decided to become a volunteer for WAY to help support other people who’ve been widowed young…
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.
World Cancer Day: Olivia's story
Feb 2025
This World Cancer Day, we are thinking of everyone who has lost a partner to cancer, including WAY member Olivia, whose husband Graeme died of bowel cancer last January at the age of 41…
Hannah’s haircut in memory of Mum
Jan 2025
At just 11 years old, Hannah is proving that age is no barrier when it comes to making an impact.
Finding light in the darkness: Nicola’s story
Dec 2024
WAY member Nicola lost her husband Dave to cancer six years ago, when she was 38. He was Christian and she is Jewish. She talks about navigating interfaith differences in life and in death – and as Ha…
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…
Josephine’s journey: Grief, love and music
Oct 2024
To mark their tenth wedding anniversary, WAY member and musician Josephine – who records under the name Sephine Llo – is releasing a new album in memory of her husband and fellow musician Robbie.
David’s story: Standing up to sepsis and cancer
Sept 2024
On a day when World Sepsis Day and Stand up to Cancer coincide, WAY member David shares his story…
Championing change: Cathy’s story
Aug 2024
Cathy Brokenshire has surprised herself since her husband – the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP – died in October 2021 at the age of 53. A lifelong non-smoker, his lung cancer diagnosis came as a huge sho…
Men’s Health Week: David’s story
Jun 2024
To mark Men’s Health Week, WAY member David describes how he is looking after his own mental and physical wellbeing since his wife died…
May 2024
WAY member Ed has walked hundreds of miles and raised more than £10,000 for WAY since his wife died. With more fundraising challenges in store in 2024, Ed shares how walking and WAY have helped...
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…
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.