WAY is the only national charity in the UK for people aged 50 or under when their partner died.
Its 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.
WAY was founded in 1997 and now has over 4,000 members across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
WAY aims to provide peer-to-peer emotional and practical support to ALL young widowed people married or not, with or without children, inclusive of sexual orientation, gender, race and religion.