Wayfoundation

We still have a few spaces available for our youth hostel weekend in central Scotland in September. If any WAY members would like to join, please email holidays@wayfoundation.org.uk for more details. WAY has exclusive use of the hostel for the whole weekend and can transport you from Edinburgh if you are travelling by public transport. This [...]

Last month we ran our first competition for WAY members – to win a fabulous £100 gift voucher for HUSH. There are many times when we don’t feel like going out and facing the world, which is why we spoke to HUSH – they sell gorgeous luxury pyjamas and loungewear which could make you feel [...]

Around 25 WAY members and their children gathered in Dorset for a sunny weekend which was our fifth annual Father’s Day caravanning trip. We ate far too much ice cream on the beach, suffered quite a bit of sunburn and cooked a thousand sausages on several barbecues on Saturday night. The big children had great [...]

Caroline Sarll, who held the first WAY meeting at a hotel in Cardiff in January 1997, is planning a sponsored cycle ride to raise money for the organisation she founded. She will bike from her home in Porthcawl to Cardiff, a marathon distance of 26 miles away, and finish at the hotel where the first [...]

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Widowhood/ A petition to ask the government to alter the way in which Widowed Parent’s Allowance is assessed, and to bring it in line with child maintenance, has now closed. The petition received 508 signatures by June 6, 2010 when it closed.  You can read the full petition and see the most recent signatures here. [...]

WAY is now tweeting and those of you who would like to follow us can do so at WidowedAndYoung. We’ll be letting people know about successful WAY events all over the country, fundraising news and shouting out when we’re in the media. We also hope Twitter will help raise the profile of WAY among other [...]

Three WAY friends had a fabulous day out in May when they took part in a photoshoot for the News of the World’s Fabulous magazine. The beautiful pictures of Gemma Richardson, Sarah Wilkinson and Johanna Horne illustrate their heart-rending stories which were told with startling honesty. But they also tell of how they made friends [...]