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Welcome to the home page of The Compassionate Friends New South Wales Inc.- TCF NSW. If you are a bereaved parent, sibling or grand-parent, we hope that it will provide you with information about where and when you may contact us and perhaps encourage you to come along to one of our Sharing Meetings or to contact one of our Chapter Leaders.
Membership of TCF NSW is open to bereaved parents, siblings and grand-parents. We offer friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause.
Membership is free, however a charge is made for the printed copy of the FOCUS newsletter. To remain a member of TCF, registration forms must be filled out each year. Click below to download the:
TCF NSW Membership Form (PDF).
Focus Newsletter Subscription Form (PDF).
TCF NSW Professional Membership Form (PDF).
The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child and to provide information to help others be supportive. We offer friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. All bereaved family members are welcome. For more about our aims, please click here.
The Credo is said at gatherings of The Compassionate Friends to affirm who we are and what we are doing. There is a credo for meetings of parents and another for meetings of siblings. For more about our credo, please click here.
The Bereaved Parent Centre in Sydney is staffed daily by volunteers who are bereaved parents, and there is a network of support groups throughout the state. For more about how TCF NSW is organised, please click here.
The Compassionate Friends of New South Wales invites helping agencies and professionals to refer their clients who have suffered the death of a child or a sibling to our organisation. The support we offer on a one-to-one basis or in small group sessions can complement services that the bereaved person may be receiving from other sources. Research has shown that peer support groups are of great value to persons who have experienced loss since they offer a safe place for the bereaved to talk through their grief with other individuals who have had similar experiences.
To be held at the Parramatta Library on Saturday March 24 from 1pm to 3pm. Please call the Centre on 9290 2355 for details.
To be held at the Mary McKillop Centre on Saturday September 15 and Sunday September 16. Please save the date and watch this space for details.
We have been updating the web site to make it simpler to navigate and to comply with international standards for web pages.
Click here for pictures from the 2011 Residential Weekend in Parkes, September 10-11
Click here for the President's Report (PDF) delivered at the AGM in Parkes, September 11
Click here for information about the 5th International Gathering in Costa Mesa July 20-22, 2012
Click here to see recent Focus Newsletters
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