Victorian Bushfire Emergency Bereavement Information and Support

The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement (ACGB), along with the wider national and international community has been shocked and saddened by the tragedy of the recent bushfires throughout Victoria. ACGB is responding to the situation in a number of ways. We have produced a media release which provides advice on grief, bereavement and trauma arising from these events and have responded to the requests of numerous media outlets for additional information.

We have established a dedicated web page which provides information on grief and bereavement organisations who can provide assistance; a number of resources for both the general public and practitioners and finally details of a number of websites which provide a range of support materials. This page will be regularly updated as new information and resources become available. This can be accessed at:

Victorian Bushfire Bereavement Information & Support

The Centre is also collating the many generous offers of support which have been made by bereavement practitioners who have expressed a willingness to provide assistance. At this stage we are recording details on the availability and expertise of practitioners which will be activated when a formal request is made. This is likely to be a number of weeks from now. You can register your interest by email. Please provide a telephone number in your email so that ACGB staff can make contact with you. Interested bereavement counsellors are requested to contact our Bereavement Counselling and Support Service by email at: counselling@grief.org.au

A number of members of ACGB have been personally affected by the bushfires over the past few days and we would like to extend to them our best wishes as we do to those providing support in the recovery process.



Christopher Hall
Director
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement