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Celebrating World Photography Day with WAY
Aug 2025
To mark World Photography Day, we encouraged WAY Widowed and Young members to send in photos from their travels. We received entries from far and wide…
How to support your grieving child as they prepare to return to school
Aug 2025
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish offer some tips on supporting bereaved children at the start of the new school year…
Jul 2025
WAY’s Social Media Officer Karen decided to take her four young children away on holiday just a few days after her husband’s funeral. Here’s her story…
WAY welcomes new trustee, Emma
Jul 2025
WAY Widowed and Young is pleased to welcome our eleventh member to the charity’s Board of Trustees – Emma Charlesworth.
Stephanie’s story: Cotswold ultra challenge raises funds for WAY
Jul 2025
WAY supporter Stephanie from the Chilterns and Bierton Crematoria hiked 53km over 13 hours to raise funds for WAY…
WAY’s Book Club: online support for our members
Jul 2025
WAY Ambassador Sophie explains why she finds WAY’s online Book Club such a great source of support
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…
WAY’s Impact in 2024 – Supporting 4,500+ young widowed people across the UK
Jul 2025
A survey of WAY Widowed and Young members in June 2025 reveals the power of WAY’s peer-to-peer support network
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…
WAY to go: WAY Ambassador Norman sings solo to raise funds for WAY
Jul 2025
WAY Ambassador Norman is due to sing a solo this summer to help raise funds for WAY Widowed and Young, the charity that has been a lifeline for him since he was widowed.
Tips from Winston’s Wish: Coping with the summer holidays with a grieving child
Jul 2025
As the summer holidays approach, we share tips on navigating the long summer break as a widowed parent…
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.
11 tips on holidaying alone with children as a widowed parent
Jul 2025
Widowed mum Lauren shares her tips on going on a solo holiday with young children
Widowed to Motor Neurone Disease: Rachel’s story
Jun 2025
Raising awareness of Motor Neurone Disease, WAY member Rachel shares her story of caring for her husband Mark when he was diagnosed with MND...
Blank Space: Sophie’s struggle to register her baby’s birth
Jun 2025
On Tuesday, 17 June, Sophie’s experiences were shared in Parliament by MP Jen Craft as part of her Ten Minute Rule Bill to close the Blank Space faced by some bereaved mothers trying to register their…
Meet our 2025 Helen Bailey Blog Award nominees
Jun 2025
Congratulations to our three wonderful nominees, who have been put forward for our 2025 Helen Bailey blog award for best WAY blogger.
Closing the Blank Space for bereaved mothers
Jun 2025
On Tuesday 17 June, Parliament will hear a proposed change led by MP Jen Craft to an outdated law that caused immense pain to bereaved mother Orlanda Bryars – and many others like her.
Stepping up for WAY: 100,000 steps in Charlie’s memory
Jun 2025
On Thursday, 11 July, the incredible women at Team VG, led by fitness coach Verity Garrington, will be lacing up their walking shoes for their annual 100,000 Step Challenge in 24 hours – this time the…
Jake’s journey: Navigating life as a widowed dad
Jun 2025
In the run up to Father’s Day, we share the story of widowed dad Jake…
Supporting a grieving child on Father's Day
Jun 2025
Our friends at Winston’s Wish offer eight tips to help widowed parents support their bereaved child through Father’s Day…
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.