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Following a trip for WAY members to see Disney On Ice at the O2 centre in London, Disney are offering WAY members discounted tickets to see “Disney On Ice presents a Disneyland® Adventure”, their new show. The fun-filled adventure features Baloo from the Jungle Book, Lilo & Stitch, Buzz Lightyear, The Incredibles and of course [...]

Around one in ten WAY members are bereaved due to road traffic accidents and along with other organisations, WAY was asked to send someone to take part in a memorial service held in Bath in November. James Parker spoke at the event, and tells us about it. Since 2005, the third Sunday in November has [...]

We’re really pleased to announce that Sharon Whitehead-Nawaz has been given an award for her work organising the annual WAY Centerparcs weekend, by her employer Lloyds banking group. The awards are intended to celebrate employees who have made an exceptional contribution to the community through volunteering or fundraising for good causes and Sharon will find [...]

WAY members often like to meet up so they can spend time with people who understand their situation. Perhaps share stories, or get some support if they are struggling with their bereavement. Sometimes, however, we just like to let our hair down and have a really good time – after all, widows are still allowed [...]

There are still some places available for the annual WAY conference and dinner, to be held next March in York. The conference weekend is a great chance for WAY members to get together, make new friends and meet up with old friends. Children are not invited to this weekend, so it is also a really [...]

Hundreds of WAY members and their children had a blast in Sherwood Forest at half term for the annual WAY Centreparcs trip. This trip gets bigger every year and this year there were over 120 adult WAY members and almost double that number of children! It takes a feat of organisation and thanks go to [...]

Eighteen WAY members – adults and children – have enjoyed a spectacular evening at Disney on Ice at the O2 Arena in London. Thanks to the generosity of Nissan, the car makers, our members were treated to seats in a VIP suite, had a buffet meal and watched all the Disney favourites take a spin [...]

A winner has been picked for the small charity car draw, which WAY took part in. Sadly it wasn’t a WAY member who will be driving away in a funky brand new Mini First. The winner was Jill Graham, who bought her ticket to support Daisy Chain, an autism charity based in the North East. They [...]

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve launched a new way to renew your WAY membership – by PayPal. We know lots of you are avid users of eBay so you’ll be familiar with PayPal already. But you don’t have to have a PayPal account to use it for WAY payments. When your renewal comes up [...]

Do you fancy winning £25,000? Well now you are in with a chance, and can help support WAY at the same time! Together with Unity Lotteries, we have launched the WAY Lottery and you can start playing right away. Download an application form here For just £1 a week you can be in with a [...]