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Taking on a new challenge: Laura’s story
Sept 2024
Laura explains why she raised funds for WAY by taking part in a gruelling Tough Mudder
Congratulations to our 2024 annual award winners
Sept 2024
The names of our annual award winners were revealed at our 2024 AGM
WAY Memorial Fund: Helping WAY members who are struggling financially
Sept 2024
A reminder of our Memorial Fund, which supports WAY members to make the most of their membership
Tips from Winston’s Wish: Telling a child someone has died by suicide
Sept 2024
To mark Suicide Awareness Month, our friends at Winston’s Wish share their tips about talking to children about death by suicide…
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…
Book competition: Your chance to win actress Jill Halfpenny’s memoir
Sept 2024
Find out how you can win a copy of actress Jill Halfpenny’s book about navigating grief
“Life is far too short”: WAY members share how grief has changed their outlook
Sept 2024
We asked WAY’s social media followers how bereavement has changed their outlook on life…
Suzanne’s story: Running for WAY
Sept 2024
Find out why WAY member Suzanne ran the Great North Run to raise funds for WAY…
Sept 2024
Find out how WAY member Griffyn folded 1,000 swans and raised over £640 for WAY this summer…
Yarn with a purpose: Swan yarnbomb raises awareness of WAY
Aug 2024
Find out more about a swan-shaped yarnbomb that has landed in Ambleside to help spread joy and awareness of WAY.
Summer of Swans: Griffyn's Fourth Update
Aug 2024
Griffyn's Summer of Swans challenge is almost at the end, but there is still an opportunity to join in.
Back to school: Seven tips for supporting a grieving child as they move up to secondary school
Aug 2024
Our partners at Winston’s Wish share seven helpful tips on supporting a grieving child who’s moving from primary to secondary school…
Summer of Swans: Griffyn's 2nd Update
Aug 2024
Almost halfway through the challenge, WAY member and volunteer Griffyn shares his progress.
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…
Summer of Swans: Griffyn's First Update
Jul 2024
WAY member and volunteer, Griffyn, updates us on his first week of his 1000 origami swan challenge
Celebrating friendship on International Friendship Day
Jul 2024
To mark International Friendship Day, we are sharing stories of friendships formed through WAY’s peer support network.
WAY calls on the new Government to stand up for bereaved families
Jul 2024
The charity WAY Widowed and Young has written to the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall asking for her urgent support for bereaved families, whose needs have been overlooked in r…
Campaign to extend bereavement support payments: Sophie’s story
Jul 2024
When Sophie’s husband Paul died in 2023, she was 17 weeks pregnant. Her Bereavement Support Payments are due to stop just after her baby turns one. Here is Sophie’s story…
David’s story: running 400 miles for four charities
Jul 2024
Find out why widowed dad David is running 400 miles for four charities this year, including WAY Widowed and Young.
Jul 2024
WAY Ambassador Sophie met with Rev Richard Coles following a local event and managed to secure a signed copy of his book to give away to WAY members
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.