Links
Here are a variety of local and national links to support groups, grief resources and podcasts.
Support Groups and Resources
20th Man Foundation: Help for homeless and disadvantaged youth
All About Grief: Books for sale and information about grief
Bereaved by Suicide: For individuals & families bereaved by suicide
Beyond Blue: Depression & mental health
Big Brothers Big Sisters: Guidance for young people
Breast Cancer Network Australia: Breast cancer support & information
Cancer Council: Cancer support & information
Cancer Council Cancer Connections: Cancer support & information
Cancer Council Directory: Cancer support & information
CanTeen: Young people living with cancer
Carers Australia: Carer support and services
Catholic HIV/AIDS Ministry Melbourne: Support for those affected by HIV/AIDS
Dads in Distress: Support for single fathers
Ever After Widowed: Support for young widows and widowers
Fight Cancer Foundation: Cancer support and information
Good Grief: Programs for children and young people
Headspace: National youth mental health foundation
Hospice Volunteers South Tasmania: Support for people who have lost someone from terminal illnesses
How to Re-Awaken Your Spirituality to Reconnect with the Natural World: Backpackerverse
Leukaemia Foundation: Leukaemia support and information
Lifeline: Telephone counselling and support
Mesothelioma Center (Asbestos.com): Mesothelioma support, research & information
Mesothelioma Guide: Mesothelioma guide for support, treatment, research & information
Michelle Anderson Publishing: Books on grief, health and wellbeing
MOSH: Suicide prevention and bereavement support
National Association for Loss and Grief: Resources for community and clinicians
National Centre for Childhood Grief: Helping young grieving people
National Council for Single Mothers and their children: Support for single mothers
Onwards and Upwards: A free Ebook on strategies for grieving & supporting
Open to Hope: Support for military families
Palliative Care: Palliative Care information & support
Playgroup: Support for Children/Young People & their families
Pregnancy Loss Australia: Still birth, miscarriage and neonatal support
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia: Prostate Cancer support & information
Reach Out: Youth mental health
Red Kite: Support for Children/Young People with cancer & their families
Relationships Australia: Support and counselling services
Salvation Army Counselling Service: Salvation Army Counselling Service
Sands: Still birth & neonatal support
Sane Australia: Helping all Australian affected by mental illness.
SIDS & KIDS: Support and fundraising for infant and child death
Solace Australia: Support for those grieving due to the death of their husband, wife or partner
Star Bear/Star Bound Program Anglicare: Support for Children/Young People & their families
Stroke Foundation Australia: Stroke support & information
Support After Suicide: Support for families affected by suicide
The Compassionate Friends: Support for bereaved parents, grandparents, family and siblings
The Gawler Foundation: Counselling, education and an integrative medicine approach to health, healing & well-being for those with cancer
The Grief Recovery Institute: A free Ebook, The Grief Recovery Method – Guide for Loss
Tranquil Mind Solutions: Wellness therapy and meditation programs
What Matters Now: Create a free, personal website for you and your loved ones
White Ribbon: Domestic violence support
Wombats Wish: Support for parentally bereaved children
Podcasts
What’s Your Grief? (Podcast 1): What not to say to a griever
What’s Your Grief? (Podcast 2): Identifying your grief coping style
What’s Your Grief? (Podcast 3): Surviving the grief of an overdose death