Organisations related to grief and loss issues
Here we have provided links to organisations working in the area of grief and loss. We have included organisations that are primarily child and adolescent-focused or have particular relevance to the network. These organisations provide community information, services and professional resources. While we have looked at these sites and the resources they provide, we are unable to endorse the content of them.
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Australian organisations
Anglicare Loss and Grief Star Bear Program
South Australia
A program for children aged 5 - 16 years who are grieving the loss of a parent, sibling or carer.
ARBOR - Active Response Bereavement Outreach
Western Australia
An outreach service for people bereaved by suicide. Provides support, assistance and resources.
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
Victoria
An independent, not for profit organisation that provides grief and bereavement support. Also provides support for professionals working in the areas of grief and bereavement.
Bereavement Care Centre
New South Wales
An organisation that provides comprehensive and accessible counselling and support services for terminally ill people and their families and for those recently bereaved. Also provides training and resources for professionals.
Early Childhood Australia
Australia-wide organisation
Provides information and links regarding grief in children, helping children to understand death and working with traumatised children. There is a lot of information specifically for parents and carers. Also includes information and resources for professionals, including information on best practice.
Embrace the Future
Mental Health Foundation of Australia
An Australian program being developed in collaboration with young people to educate young people in strategies and skills which promote and sustain resiliency and positive mental health. Features a resiliency resource centre, a kids site and a youth site.
Good Grief - Seasons for Growth
Australia-wide organisation
An organisation that assists in the development and delivery of services in the areas of change, loss and grief. Information specifically on young people in schools. Professional resources and training opportunities.
Grief Link
South Australia
An information resource on death-related grief for the community and for professionals. Affiliated with the National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG).
Innovative Resources
St Lukes Anglicare
A site that has many resources available to purchase. Resources include those specifically designed for use with children and adolescents experiencing grief and loss.
National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG)
New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia
An organisation that aims to facilitate and improve the community's awareness to loss and grief issues and increase the capacity to effectively respond to loss and grief including bereavement. Includes community information and professional resources.
National Centre for Childhood Grief: "A Friend's Place"
New South Wales
A specialist centre in childhood bereavement. Provides services for children, young people and their families. Also provides education and training services to professionals.
Rainbows
Rainbows is a National and International program providing developmentally-designed programs to support people from three-year-olds to adulthood who have experienced change, loss and grief. The Program also provides 'Silver Linings', a students Community Crisis Response Program to be used across classrooms.
Sids and Kids, WA
Provides bereavement support services for anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child.
Starlight Childrens Foundation Australia
Starlight provides programs, both in and out of hospital, to seriously ill children and their families throughout Australia.
Transcultural Mental Health Centre
Mental health information brochures and factsheets available to download in a number of community languages. Includes a family help kit grief and loss.
Wombat's Wish
Victoria
An organisation that provides community-based support for parentally-bereaved children. An information site for carers and the community.
International organisations
Association for death education and counselling
United States
Professional organisation dedicated to promoting excellence and recognising diversity in death education, care of the dying, grief counselling and research. Information on loss and grief in children, resources and links to other organisations.
Barr – Harris Children’s Grief Center
United States
For children who have lost a sibling or parent through death / divorce / abandonment. It provides resources, books, assistance for schools and guides for teachers.
Bereavement Research Forum
United Kingdom
Aims to provide a forum for interested professionals to promote and develop bereavement research.
Child Bereavement Charity
United Kingdom
Charity providing services to bereaved children. Also provides professional support and training and support to parents and carers. It provides interactive forums on its website, resources for parents and professionals, web links and suggested readings.
Child Grief Education Assocation
United States
A non-profit organisation dedicated to serving the needs of grieving children and families and to providing education and support to those who serve them. Includes a children's page and a teen's page. Includes resources for parents and teachers available to download.
Childhood Bereavement Network
United Kingdom
For bereaved children and young people. Provides info, guidance and support to manage the impact of death on their lives. Service provider info; parent / carer info; young person info; links to websites; free training materials; guidelines for good practice; publications; links to bereavement research forum.
Cruse Bereavement Care
United Kingdom
Promotes the wellbeing of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with the loss. Includes information, advice, education, training, information for schools, a youth website link and a bereavement service directory.
Griefnet
United States
An internet community of persons dealing with grief, death and major loss.
Grieving Child
United States
Provides a safe place for children, teens, young adults and their families who are grieving a death to share these experiences. Articles and publications. Links to information for professionals and caregivers.
Jeremiah’s Journey
United Kingdom
UK-based charity that offers support and information to children and their families when someone dies. Information for parents / carers or professionals supporting bereaved children plus sections for bereaved children and teenagers and a newsletter.
Rd4u
United Kingdom
Website designed for young people by young people to support people after the death of someone close. Part of Cruse Bereavement Care.
The Dougy Center
United States
For children, teens, young adults and their families who are grieving a death.
Winston’s Wish
United Kingdom
Help for grieving children and families after the death of a parent or sibling. Practical support and guidance to families and professionals, the role of schools, practical ways to support children. Downloads for schools / teachers on how to help; multilingual info for parents and carers.
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