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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…
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
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…
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 …
Sunita's Story: Volunteering for WAY
Dec 2022
As part of International Volunteer Day, WAY volunteer Sunita shares her story with us.
Jun 2022
On Father's Day, we wanted to share WAY Widowed and Young member David's story about coping as a widowed dad.
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.