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Navigating Father’s Day: tips from widowed parents

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Father's Day can be especially difficult for families who have lost their dad or another special male role model in their life. It can be difficult to avoid Father's Day with adverts and social media posts being a constant reminder that your dad is no longer here. Our Full Circle partners ...
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WAY members share tips for Stress Awareness Month

Advice, Blog
As part of Stress Awareness Month our Full Circle partners at the peer support charity WAY Widowed and Young have some advice from their members about how they manage their stress: The biggest challenge is that you lose your biggest support when you lose your spouse so having some WAY (or ...
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WAY members share how they cope at Easter

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Holidays such as Easter can be especially difficult for families who have lost someone special in their life. With so many people sharing their happy moments it can be difficult to avoid the holidays and it can be a constant reminder that your loved one is no longer here. Our Full ...
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Top reasons for having a Will

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Your will tells everyone what should happen to your money, possessions and property after you die. If you don't leave a will, the law decides. Name your children's guardian When writing a will, you don't just decide how your estate is divided up. You also have a say as to who should ...
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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

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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

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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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