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Navigating Mother’s Day: tips from widowed parents

Advice, Blog
Mother's Day can be especially difficult for families who have lost their mum or another special female role model in their life. From adverts to social media posts, it can be difficult to avoid Mother's Day and this can be a constant reminder that your mum is no longer here. Our ...
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Coping with Valentine’s Day as a widowed parent

Advice
Valentine’s Day can be tough when you’ve been bereaved, particularly when you’ve lost your life partner. We asked our friends at the charity WAY Widowed and Young to share some tips from their members – who’ve all been widowed before their 51st birthday – to suggest ways of coping with this ...
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My Christmas as a widowed parent with bereaved children

Advice
Written by Gary Andrews, Winston's Wish Ambassador My wife, Joy, died just two months before Christmas 2017. It was a sudden death (a result of sepsis) – totally unexpected and as you can imagine we were left totally stunned. She was just 41 and our two children, Lily and Ben were ...
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How to cope at Christmas as a widowed parent

Advice
Christmas as a widow can be an incredibly challenging time when you’ve lost a loved one, particularly if you’re a parent also supporting grieving children as you navigate your own bereavement. We asked our friends at the charity WAY Widowed and Young – which supports people who’ve been widowed before their ...
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Bereavement charities partner to provide full circle support

News, Press Releases
This Children’s Grief Awareness Week, we are thrilled to announce an exciting partnership between Winston’s Wish and the national membership organisation WAY Widowed and Young, which supports people across the UK who have been widowed before their 51st birthday. A recent poll of WAY’s members with children – which make up ...

Bill Bailey gig raises £45,856.48 for Winston’s Wish

Fundraising
From the glitz of the Strictly dancefloor to his many appearances on such shows as Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and QI, Bill Bailey has been delighting audiences across the UK for decades. He also recently delighted audiences at The Centaur at Cheltenham Racecourse during ...

Christmas grief activities for children and young people

Advice
Grief can feel too much during the Christmas season. It may be a time when you are surrounded by memories and other people making plans with their loved ones. There are lots of potential triggers which could pop up at any time – Christmas adverts, personalised cards, poignant films and ...
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