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Men’s Health Week: how the Internet is helping young widowed people stay connected
Jun 2025
To mark this year’s Men’s Health Week, which turns the spotlight on men and the Internet, WAY Ambassador Norman Smart shares how going online has helped him to stay connected through the pandemic and …
Volunteers’ Week: Celebrating WAY’s incredible volunteers
Jun 2025
2 June to 8 June marks Volunteers’ Week
Mandy Burrows Award: Meet our 2025 nominees
Jun 2025
Meet our wonderful 2025 nominees for WAY’s Mandy Burrows Award for making an outstanding contribution to our charity.
Vote for WAY at My Favourite Voucher Codes
Jun 2025
This June, you can help WAY Widowed and Young receive a donation without spending a penny. All you need to do is vote for us in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll!
Walking with grief: Carolyn’s story
May 2025
Former WAY member and author Carolyn, who founded Walking for Wellbeing, shares how walking in nature has helped her since she was widowed…
May 2025
The weather was beyond kind for WAY’s Big Picnic weekend, encouraging more than 550 WAY members, friends and family to roll out their picnic blankets at 36 picturesque locations across the country – f…
‘Music To Die For’: New online project explores connections between music, love and loss
May 2025
A new project called Music To Die For is inviting bereaved people to remember their loved ones through music…
Rainbow Review: Winston’s Wish activity for bereaved children
May 2025
Our friends at the child bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared a creative and comforting activity that carers can do with bereaved children to help them gently explore and express their emoti…
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…
Campaigning for change: Democracy in action
Apr 2025
WAY trustee Gary explains how emailing his MP has helped to open doors for WAY’s Stand Up for Bereaved Families campaign.
Statutory Bereavement Damages: Calling for reform for bereaved families
Apr 2025
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is campaigning for reform to Statutory Bereavement Damages. Find out why…
Serica’s story: Running for WAY
Apr 2025
Birmingham WAY member Serica explains why she’s raising funds for the charity that’s been such a lifeline since she was widowed last year…
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.
Spring craft activity: the Thankful Tree from Winston’s Wish
Apr 2025
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared this spring craft activity to help bereaved families navigate the Easter holidays.
Apr 2025
Grief can often increase stress and anxiety. During Stress Awareness month, WAY members have been sharing their tips on how to cope with stress, with other members…
WAY’s spring fundraising update
Mar 2025
Hear what our fab fundraisers have been up to in the first few months of 2025…
How to cope with Mother’s Day – advice from Winston’s Wish
Mar 2025
Ahead of Mother’s Day, our friends at Winston’s Wish offer some advice about supporting bereaved young people whose mum has died…
Navigating Mother’s Day: tips from WAY members
Mar 2025
From adverts to social media posts, it can be difficult to avoid Mother’s Day - We are thinking of anyone who's struggling this Mother's Day- those who are being Mum & Dad to bereaved children, those…
Day of Reflection: Five years seems forever and no time at all
Mar 2025
To mark this Day of Reflection, WAY Ambassador Emma Charlesworth reflects on the five years since her husband Charlie died of COVID-19…
Day of Reflection: Learning to live again after loss
Mar 2025
To mark this Day of Reflection, WAY member Eileen reflects on the three years since she lost her partner Scott to COVID-19…
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.