Monthly Archive: September 2020

Grief, Trauma and COVID-19

Jesuit Social Services have produced a new fact sheet on Bereavement that is traumatic, The impact of COVID-19 and most importantly what we can do to help us manage. Develop new rituals Become visible Create routine and structure Adjust networks Hold the time frame Share your frustrations with others Find common ground Hold on to... Read more

Our partners JSS release a report on Family perceptions of how Victoria responds to people at risk of suicide and their loved ones

“We were fighting the system as well as the illness.” Family perceptions of how Victoria responds to people at risk of suicide and their loved ones In 2019 Support After Suicide conducted a research project looking at how bereaved people and their loved one experienced the mental health system. In total 142 former and current participants took... Read more
Freemasons

Freemasons Foundation of Victoria provides critical funding for Hope’s Support after Suicide program

Hope Bereavement Care (Hope) would like to acknowledge and thank the Freemasons Foundation of Victoria and the Freemasons of the Bellarine and Otway District, for their ongoing and generous support of our Support After Suicide (SAS) program. The Freemasons Foundation of Victoria has provided funding to ensure Hope’s Support after Suicide program continues for the rest... Read more