Worldwide Candle Lighting Service 2019

Online - Zoom event

Join us for our Candle Lighting Service.

The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honour the memories of our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and grandchildren.

Highlights: Guest speaker, poems and readings, candle lighting including the reading of names, slideshow of photos, sharing time, hugs, tears and laughter.

Donations gratefully accepted

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Express Yourself Through Art

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

We are thrilled to have Lauren Foster facilitate an exciting activity - “Express yourself through Art” for all TCFV members.

Lauren is an experienced volunteer, recent Board member and bereaved mother of Rex. In addition, Lauren is an experienced art therapist who works professionally in this area. This activity will be provided free of charge (including all materials) to our members.

‘Crown Matrimonial’ – Malvern Theatre Preview Performance

Malvern Theatre 29A Burke Road, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia

Invite all your family and friends and join us for a preview performance of Crown Matrimonal, a sensitive drama telling the story of a family almost torn apart by the struggle between public duty and private love, leading up to the constitutional crisis and abdication of Edward VIII.

$25

Reviewing the Stages of Grief

via Zoom , Australia

There is increasing recognition that our grief often moves in a non-linear fashion, rather than moving through a clear and predictable set of stages. Even so, theories—from the stages theories of Elizabeth Kubler Ross to the task theories of William Worden—can shed light on our experiences of bereavement.

Free

Virtual Walk to Remember

Due to the Coronavirus situation we are currently living in extremely difficult circumstances and as such we were not able to hold our normal Walk To Remember (W2R) earlier in the year. Instead, we have decided to hold a virtual W2R over the Mother’s Day weekend of 8th to 10th May. 

Differences & Commonalities in Grief (Topics Around Grief Workshop)

Online , Australia

In this online discussion workshop, we look at the great amount we have in common and the huge range of differences between us. Where does it intersect with other types of grief? What can make us less likely/more likely to connect with others who have a different set of grief experiences?

Free

Parent Grief / Sibling Grief: Similarities and Differences

Online , Australia

In this "Topics Around Grief" discussion workshop, the facilitators will draw upon their own bereavement experiences to open group discussion on where parent and sibling grief are similar, where parental grief and sibling grief are unique from one another, and how parents and siblings can support one another.

Free

THINKING ABOUT TERMINOLOGY Discussion Workshop

Online , Australia

Thinking about TERMINOLOGY
We invite you to join and contribute to this Topics Around Grief workshop. Here, we will identify and discuss the terminology commonly used to describe experiences of grief and bereavement. What do we think of the terms that we hear? Which terminology do we feel particularly captures and properly represents our experiences of grief? Are there some we feel would benefit from review? Are there some that are definitely not ok with you?

Free

THINKING ABOUT TERMINOLOGY Discussion Workshop Copy

Online , Australia

Thinking about TERMINOLOGY
We invite you to join and contribute to this Topics Around Grief workshop. Here, we will identify and discuss the terminology commonly used to describe experiences of grief and bereavement. What do we think of the terms that we hear? Which terminology do we feel particularly captures and properly represents our experiences of grief? Are there some we feel would benefit from review? Are there some that are definitely not ok with you?

Free