Understanding Pregnancy & Infant Loss

The death of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy can bring profound and lasting grief. Yet pregnancy and infant loss is still too often misunderstood, minimised or carried in silence.

This compassionate workshop will explore the many experiences that can sit within pregnancy and infant loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death. We will consider why these losses can feel invisible to others, the grief of hopes and futures imagined, and the different ways parents, partners and family members may experience and express their grief.

The session will also explore how we can better support bereaved parents and families — not only immediately following a loss, but in the months and years that follow.

Together, we will explore:

• Understanding grief following miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death
• Why pregnancy and infant loss can be a disenfranchised or unrecognised grief
• Grieving the baby and the future that was imagined
• Different grieving styles between parents and partners
• The impact on siblings, grandparents and extended family
• Anniversaries, due dates, birthdays and other significant milestones
• Continuing bonds, remembrance and creating meaning
• What to say — and what not to say — to a bereaved parent
• How workplaces, health professionals, friends and communities can respond with greater compassion

Who is this workshop for?
Bereaved parents and families, friends, community members, health professionals, support workers, volunteers and anyone wanting to better understand pregnancy and infant loss.

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Children grieve too — but their grief may look very different from adult grief.

A grieving child may move in and out of their grief, ask the same questions repeatedly, express feelings through play or behaviour, or appear to return quickly to everyday activities. Their understanding of death also changes as they grow and develop.

This practical and accessible workshop will help parents, carers, grandparents, educators and community members better understand how children experience death and loss, and how adults can respond with honesty, safety and compassion.

Together, we will explore:

• How children understand death at different developmental stages
• Common grief responses in children
• Why children may revisit grief as they grow
• How grief can appear through behaviour, play, sleep or school
• What to say when someone dies
• Using clear, honest and age-appropriate language
• Supporting children through funerals and memorials
• Maintaining continuing bonds with the person who died
• Supporting children through significant non-death losses and change
• Recognising when additional support may be helpful

Who is this workshop for?
Parents, carers, grandparents, teachers, early childhood educators, school staff, volunteers, helping professionals and community members.

Course Available Thursday 6th August 2026

Adolescence and young adulthood are times of enormous change. Identity is developing, independence is growing, friendships are central and the future can feel wide open.

When death and grief enter this stage of life, young people can feel profoundly different from those around them. They may be grieving a parent, sibling, friend, partner or peer while also trying to navigate school, study, work, relationships and the expectations of everyday life.

This workshop explores the unique experience of grief during adolescence and young adulthood — and how families, educators, professionals and communities can offer meaningful support without trying to fix, rush or minimise grief.

Together, we will explore:

• How teenagers and young adults experience and express grief
• The death of a parent, sibling, friend, partner or peer
• Why young people may feel isolated from their peers
• Sudden and unexpected loss
• Identity, belonging and grief
• The role of friendships and peer support
• Social media, digital memorials and grief in online spaces
• Returning to school, university or work after a death
• Risk-taking, withdrawal, anger and other grief responses
• How adults can support young people without taking over
• Recognising when additional support may be needed

Who is this workshop for?
Young adults, parents, carers, educators, youth workers, counsellors, volunteers, community members and anyone supporting a grieving young person.

Workshop available from Tuesday 11th August 2026

Not all grief follows a death.

Sometimes we grieve a future we expected to have. A relationship. A family. A career. A healthy body. A sense of identity. A dream that once felt certain.

These losses can be profound, yet they may go unseen because there has been no funeral, no public ritual and sometimes no shared language for what has been lost.

This workshop explores the grief that can arise when life takes a different path from the one we imagined.

Together, we will explore:

• The grief of an imagined future
• Infertility and involuntary childlessness
• Relationship breakdown and divorce
• Estrangement and fractured family relationships
• Illness, injury and disability
• Career disruption and loss of professional identity
• Friendship loss and changing social connections
• Loss of identity, purpose or belonging
• Ambiguous and non-death loss
• Why unrecognised grief can feel particularly isolating
• Finding ways to acknowledge and make meaning of losses others may not see

Who is this workshop for?
Adults of all ages, community members, counsellors, volunteers, support workers and anyone who has experienced — or supports someone experiencing — a life that unfolded differently than expected.

Workshop available from Thursday 13th August 2026

Midlife can bring multiple transitions and losses, often all at once.

Relationships may change. Children may leave home. Parents may begin to need care. Careers can shift unexpectedly. Health may change. Friendships can fade. Financial security may be disrupted. The roles that once defined us may no longer fit.

Yet many of these experiences are rarely recognised as grief.

This workshop explores the often-unseen losses of midlife and how changes in identity, relationships, work, family and health can bring genuine grief.

Together, we will explore:

• Separation, divorce and relationship change
• Redundancy, career disruption and retirement transitions
• Financial loss and changing security
• Children leaving home and changing parental roles
• Caring responsibilities
• Changes in health, ability and independence
• Friendship loss
• Estrangement and family change
• Loss of identity, role and purpose
• The cumulative impact of multiple life changes
• Why midlife grief is often overlooked
• Rebuilding meaning when life changes course

Who is this workshop for?
Adults, carers, workplaces, community members, helping professionals, volunteers and anyone navigating significant change in midlife.

Workshop available from Tuesday August 18th 2026

What happens when someone you love is still physically present, but the relationship you once knew is changing?

For families living alongside dementia, progressive illness or significant cognitive decline, grief can begin long before death. There may be repeated losses — of memory, communication, shared roles, independence, recognition and the future once imagined together.

This workshop explores ambiguous loss and anticipatory grief — forms of grief that can be deeply painful, complex and often poorly understood.

Together, we will explore:

• What is ambiguous loss?
• What is anticipatory grief?
• Grieving someone who is still alive
• Dementia and changing relationships
• Repeated and cumulative losses
• Changes in family roles
• The transition from partner, child or family member to carer
• Guilt, exhaustion, anger and conflicting emotions
• Grief before death
• Maintaining connection when a relationship changes
• Supporting carers and families

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for anyone supporting or caring for a loved one living with dementia, a progressive illness or significant cognitive decline, as well as health professionals, carers, volunteers, family members and anyone wanting to better understand ambiguous loss and anticipatory grief.

Workshop available from Thursday 20th August 2026

Growing older can bring wisdom, resilience and new opportunities, but it can also bring a series of losses that often go unrecognised. Retirement, declining health, changing independence, the death of friends and loved ones, changes in identity, and moving away from familiar homes or communities can all contribute to grief.

For many older adults, these losses do not occur in isolation. They accumulate over time, creating layers of grief that can affect emotional wellbeing, relationships and quality of life.

This workshop explores the unique grief experiences associated with ageing and later life, recognising that grief is not an inevitable part of ageing, but that loss is often a significant part of the journey.

Together, we will explore:

• Grief and ageing
• Retirement and loss of identity
• Changes in health, mobility and independence
• The death of partners, family members and lifelong friends
• Loneliness, isolation and changing social connections
• Moving into aged care or leaving the family home
• Changes in purpose, routine and belonging
• Living with cumulative and multiple losses
• Building resilience in later life
• Finding meaning, connection and hope
• Supporting older adults experiencing grief
• Creating compassionate communities for older people

Who is this workshop for?

Older adults, family members, carers, aged care workers, volunteers, health professionals, community members and anyone wanting to better understand the grief experiences that can accompany ageing and later life.

Workshop available from Tuesday 25th August 2026

Talking about dying is one of the hardest conversations many of us will ever have, yet avoiding these conversations can leave families unprepared, uncertain and overwhelmed. Planning ahead, understanding our wishes and having open conversations can reduce anxiety, strengthen relationships and help ensure that our values are honoured.

This workshop explores how honest, compassionate conversations about death, dying and end-of-life care can help individuals and families live more fully, prepare with confidence and navigate one of life's most significant transitions with greater understanding and connection.

Together, we will explore:

• Why conversations about death matter
• Understanding death as a natural part of life
• Starting conversations with family and loved ones
• Talking about wishes, values and preferences
• Advance Care Planning and Advance Care Directives
• Appointing an Enduring Guardian and Substitute Decision Maker
• Palliative care and end-of-life care options
• Planning practical matters before death
• Supporting children and families through end-of-life conversations
• Cultural, spiritual and personal perspectives on dying
• Reducing fear through knowledge and preparation
• Living well by planning well

Who is this workshop for?

Adults of all ages, family members, carers, health professionals, aged care workers, volunteers, community members and anyone wanting to feel more confident having conversations about death, dying and planning ahead.

Workshop available from Thursday 27th August 2026