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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 ...

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 ...

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How can social media impact a bereaved child or young person?

2nd September 2025 Advice, Blog, News

Social media is a part of most peoples' lives today, especially children and young people. Although most platforms have age limits for users, most children aged 12 and under are using YouTube and gaming platforms and some are even on other social media. For bereaved children and young people, it can ...

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Going back to school following a bereavement: Tips from widowed parents

15th August 2025 Advice, Blog

As the new school term approaches, our friends at the charity WAY Widowed and Young offer their advice on how they’ve navigated the back-to-school routine with their children following a bereavement. If it’s their first day back at school after a bereavement, it may help to talk with the child in ...

Navigating summer holidays: Advice from the widowed community

17th July 2025 Advice, Blog

Our friends at WAY Widowed and Young asked their peer support network to share their advice on holidaying after being widowed young. Here are their tips… My teenage daughter and I have gone to places my husband would have liked to have visited. We take some of his ashes with us ...

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How young people cope with Father’s Day after their dad has died

23rd May 2025 Advice, Stories

For children and young people whose dad has died, Father’s Day can be a difficult day. It doesn't matter whether it's your first Father's Day after dad died or it has been many years. As with other special days, it can be a time when their grief is brought to ...

Coping with stress when grieving: Advice from widowed parents

17th April 2025 Advice, Blog

When you’re grieving, everyday life can sometimes feel overwhelming. Stress can creep in quietly or hit like a wave. To mark Stress Awareness Month, our friends at WAY Widowed and Young are sharing some words of advice from their members. Drawing on their experiences as widowed parents, they share six ...

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How to use a memory box with bereaved children and young people

28th March 2025 Advice

One of the things that is most important to the young people we work with is staying connected to the memories of the person who died. Many young people worry that memories will be forgotten, or don’t know how to begin to think about or talk about the person after ...

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Telling a child someone has died – our support and guidance

28th March 2025 Advice

Telling a child someone has died may be the hardest thing you ever do and often one of the first questions is ‘how much should I tell them?’ It’s normal to worry about making things worse by saying too much or the wrong thing but remember the worst has already ...

Supporting neurodivergent grieving children

20th March 2025 Advice

Grief is a unique experience, and each person will experience this differently, no matter their age, location, cognitive ability or neurotype. Often, grief support focuses on word-based ways to work through grief, such as writing in a diary or talking to a loved one or professional who will listen. Whilst ...

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