Every Age. Every Loss. Every Story.

Grief is part of being human. It touches every age, every stage of life, and every community.

This August, NALAG invites individuals, families, professionals and communities to join us for Grief Awareness Month 2026 as we explore the many ways loss and grief shape our lives — from our earliest beginnings through to our final days.

Our understanding and experience of death, dying, grief and loss changes as we move through life.

The grief experienced through pregnancy and infant loss carries its own unique heartbreak. In childhood, loss may be understood in fragments, changing as a child grows. Teenagers and young adults may grieve while still forming their identity, finding their place in the world and imagining the future ahead of them.

Midlife can bring changing roles, caring responsibilities, relationship changes and losses that are often unseen or unrecognised. Later life may involve cumulative grief, changes in independence and identity, and the deaths of people who have shared decades of our lives.

And grief is not only experienced after a death.

We may grieve the life we expected. A change in health or identity. A relationship that ends. A future that no longer feels possible. A person who is still physically present but changing through illness or dementia. A role, place, connection or sense of self that once gave our lives meaning.

Every age brings different experiences of loss.
Every loss deserves understanding.
Every story matters.

Across four weeks in August, NALAG will host eight free online workshops, creating space for practical information, compassionate conversations and a deeper understanding of how grief touches us throughout life.

Together, we will explore how we can better understand loss, talk more openly about death and dying, support one another through grief, and build communities that are better equipped to:

Live well. Prepare well. Grieve well. Support each other.