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International Men's Day: Ric's Story
Nov 2022
The theme of International Men’s Day this year is “helping men and boys”. This date in the calendar is an opportunity to highlight positive role models and raise awareness of men’s well-being.
International Men’s Day: Ben's Story
Nov 2022
The theme of International Men’s Day this year is “helping men and boys”. This date in the calendar is an opportunity to highlight positive role models and raise awareness of men’s well-being. We want…
Self-Care Week: tips on self-care in grief
Nov 2022
This week is Self-Care Week and two wonderful WAY Widowed and Young members have been generously sharing tips about how to help bereaved people look after themselves when they’re grieving.
Nov 2022
WAY is all about peer support and extending kindness to other people who have lost a loved one. Ahead of World Kindness Day on 13 November, we talked to WAY volunteer Tracey, who won WAY's Mandy Burro…
WAY Ambassador in #IRemember Week photo exhibition
Nov 2022
We are excited to reveal that WAY Widowed and Young Ambassador Maria Margetts is involved in a high-profile photography exhibition with photographer-to-the-stars Rankin as part of Dying Matters #IReme…
Sept 2022
Five inspirational WAY supporters pulled on their running shoes to raise funds for our charity this autumn and between them have raised more than £5,000!
Bisexual Visibility Day: Suzanne's story
Sept 2022
On Bisexual Visibility Day, we share WAY member Suzanne's story.
100 WAY members celebrate WAY's 25th anniversary in Glasgow
Sept 2022
More than 100 WAY members headed to Glasgow this month to take part in the charity’s first face to face AGM since 2019.
Rebecca's story: singing for WAY
Jul 2022
On Sunday 10 July, WAY member and singer Rebecca Newman stepped back on stage for the first time since before Covid, and the first time since her husband Jay died suddenly in August 2020.
Jun 2022
On Father's Day, we wanted to share WAY Widowed and Young member David's story about coping as a widowed dad.
Jun 2022
In the run up to Father's Day, we wanted to share WAY Widowed and Young member Ric's story about coping as a widowed dad. He also helps to share some of his tips and advice for coping as a widower.
Finding support with grief through WAY's LGBTQ+ community
Jun 2022
Suzanne helps to share her story of being widowed and then finding support with grief through the WAY LGBTQ+ community.
May 2022
25 years of making a difference. Today marks the start of Volunteers week and we wanted to share a HUGE THANK YOU, for all you do, we really couldn't do it without you.
May 2022
What a weekend! From Scotland to South Wales and from Sussex to the Serpentine, more than 400 members and supporters across the UK helped to raise awareness on WAY’s Big Picnic weekend at more than 30…
Richard’s story: Photographing grief
May 2022
WAY Widowed and Young member Richard came to our community fun day last week to showcase his new photography project about grief following the loss of a spouse - ‘The One I Chose; The One Who Chose Me…
May 2022
We recently caught up with Orla about how yoga transformed her life since her husband Andy died three and a half years ago – and how she is now helping other WAY members through their grief.
Cycling challenge 350km to raise funds for WAY
Apr 2022
A group of friends from Frome cycled 350 gruelling kilometres from Cornwall to Somerset – climbing more than 4,000 metres – over Easter in memory of their childhood friend and Open University Astronom…
Chris’s story: Getting back on his bike for WAY
Apr 2022
After surviving a horrific accident that killed his 30-year-old wife Elaine in September 2011, WAY volunteer Chris Dunne is getting back on his bike and cycling 100 miles to raise funds for WAY this M…
Mother's Day: Tips from Widowed Parents
Mar 2022
Ahead of Mother's Day, WAY members with children give some tips to fellow widowed parents about how to cope with a difficult day.
South Essex Crematorium raises £15,000 for WAY
Mar 2022
We would like to say a huge thank you to South Essex Crematorium for their generous donation of £15,000 to WAY Widowed and Young through the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management's metal re…
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.