WAY is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who’s lost a partner before their 51st birthday – married or not, with or without children, inclusive of sexual orientation, gender, race and religion. WAY’s LGBTQ+ community is wide and varied. With over 500 of our 4500 members identifying as LGBTQ+ you’ll find a host of members that are going through the same as you.

At a local level, WAY is run by a network of 160 volunteers spread out across the UK who have all been widowed themselves, so they understand how it feels. We have a network of Area Contact volunteers spanning over 62 home groups who welcome new members and organise events at a local level.

Services include;

• Access to a community of young widows who understand how it feels to lose a partner.
• A wide range of peer-to-peer support groups that are unique for many different types of loss, interests.
• Access to “in-person” & online events organised across the UK, including social events, meals out & weekends away.
• 24/7, 365 days a year telephone confidential support line run by fully-trained counsellors & support specialists.
• Bereavement Resources.
• Regular member magazines, monthly e-news.
• Access to the members only website.

1. All LGBT+ Communities
2. Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities
3. Intersex/Variations in Sex Characteristics (VSC)
4. Men
5. People of Faith
6. People with disabilities
7. Women