Self-Care During COVID-19

Online - Zoom event

We would like to invite you to take part in our welcoming and supportive online discussion. In this session, we will explore ideas around self-care during the lockdown, and how being home-based and/or working from home can sometimes help or deepen our grief, as well as exchange ideas on how we can support ourselves and each other during difficult times such as these.

Free

Annual General Meeting 2021

via Zoom , Australia

The AGM is an opportunity to connect with other members and to be updated with what is happening within the organization. All members and their families are welcome!

Dia de los Muertos 2021 (Due to COVID restrictions this will be a Zoom event)

via Zoom , Australia

Join us for Día de los Muertos, part of a Mexican festival for family and friends to come together to celebrate and honour the lives of their deceased loved ones.

Have a photo of your child, sibling or grandchild to show, maybe a plate of their favourite food or snack to talk about. We will share stories about your loved one that make you smile.

Donations gratefully accepted

Watercolour Workshop – “Flowers” with Chris Hermans

The Compassionate Friends Victoria Centre 229 Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia

We are very lucky to have Chris Hermans to facilitate a watercolour workshop for us this year. Watercolour is unique in that it creates it’s own picture, with only a little bit of help from the ‘artist’ within us all. This workshop is entitled ’Flowers’. Please note: there are limited places for this workshop.

Long time Bereaved Morning Tea

The Compassionate Friends Victoria Centre 229 Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia

We would like to invite all our long time bereaved members to Morning Tea on Thursday 9th December.

Long time Bereaved Morning Tea

The Compassionate Friends Victoria Centre 229 Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia

We would like to invite all our long time bereaved members to Morning Tea on Wednesday 9th March.

ONLINE Express Yourself Through Art, with Lauren Foster

Express Yourself Through Art classes use the creative process of arts making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of individuals. Lauren Foster – a professional art therapist and bereaved mother of Rex – runs “Express Yourself Through Art” online for bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents who are members of TCFV.

High Tea 2022

Bass Care 2 Rochester Road, Canterbury, VIC, Australia

We would like to invite all Mothers and Grandmothers to a High Tea Luncheon    This is a hard time of year for all bereaved mothers and grandmothers, so come along and enjoy lunch with others who have experienced the same loss, but who would love to have a chat. It is a special afternoon... Read more »

$25