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Parenting through grief: Small ways to ease the stress

19th April 2026 Blog

Grief and stress often go hand in hand. When you’ve lost a partner, the emotional weight can feel relentless – especially when you’re also navigating lone parenthood. The person who once shared the load, who listened at the end of a long day, is no longer there. And that absence ...

Parenting bereaved children and navigating Mother’s Day as a sole parent

13th March 2026 Blog, Stories

Mother’s Day can be complicated for many people, but when you are parenting bereaved children as a sole parent, the day can carry a particularly heavy emotional weight. WAY Widowed and Young member Astrid Dolan shares her reflections as she faces her second Mother’s Day as a widowed mum.This year, ...

General debate on government support for bereaved children

26th February 2026 News, Press Releases

Today, Parliament (Thursday 26th February) saw an important discussion aired in the Houses of Commons surrounding support for bereaved children, young people and their families. Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrats MP for Edinburgh West, secured the debate in the House of Commons and presented the discussion to MPs, highlighting key aspects of the need for greater Governmental ...

Singer Livia Mackenzie fundraises for Winston’s Wish with new single

12th February 2026 Blog, Fundraising, Stories

Livia is a singer-songwriter and has been fundraising for Winston’s Wish through her single ‘annual festive linger’. Livia’s motivation behind fundraising to help support bereaved children and young people is because of the lack of support she was offered by people around her when she was 17 and her mum died in 2021. My ...

Getting through Valentine’s Day: Tips from members of WAY Widowed and Young

12th February 2026 Advice, Blog

Valentine’s Day can be especially hard when you’ve been widowed at a young age, awakening memories of love and loss. Yet many members of the UK charity WAY Widowed and Young have found ways to make the day meaningful again – for themselves and their children. Whether through self-care, celebrating friendships ...

Winston’s Wish Awarded National Lottery Community Foundation Grant for Creative Therapies

15th December 2025 News, Press Releases

We’re thrilled to announce that we have been awarded more than £15,000 in the National Lottery Community Foundation ‘Awards for All’ funding. This grant will help us to expand our current creative therapy sessions for SEND bereaved young people and very young children. Around a quarter of the bereaved children we support have special educational needs. Since we launched our Creative Therapies project in May 2024, we’ve seen a big rise ...

Navigating Christmas with bereaved children: Tips from widowed parents

12th December 2025 Advice, Blog

Christmas can be a really difficult time for bereaved families. Here are some tips from members of the charity WAY Widowed and Young about how they have navigated the festive season in the past… We light a candle in the morning and let it burn all day, to honour that there’s ...

Comedy Giant Bill Bailey Wins £8,000 for Winston’s Wish on Special Christmas Celebrity Catchphrase

8th December 2025 News, Press Releases

Loved for his television appearances on such shows as Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and winning Strictly Come Dancing, as well as his sharp-witted observations on everyday life, Bill Bailey is a comedic giant. Appearing on the festive of the ever-popular celebrity version of one of the UK’s favourite gameshows, Bill ...

Sharing Stories, Strengthening Hope: Navigating life as a widowed dad

17th November 2025 Blog, Stories

To mark Children’s Grief Awareness Week, WAY Widowed and Young member Tim shares the story of how he has navigated the past four years as a widowed dad after his wife Laura died of breast cancer.I met my wife, Laura, in 2007. It was just purely by chance that we ...

Why Ask Me: Education matters

14th November 2025 News

Imagine walking into your school or classroom for the first time after your special person has died, and nobody asks you how you are coping. Or imagine being told your new English Literature assignment features a story all about suicide when that’s how your sibling died. Picture being stopped from ...

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