Resources & Support

Helpful Resources

Support Networks:

Purple background with white stars and text welcoming to Red Nose Grief and Loss, with a red circular logo in the top left corner reading "red nose grief and loss" and a downward arrow icon at the bottom center.

Red Nose Grief and Loss is part of Red Nose Australia, a charity with over 40 years’ experience supporting grieving individuals and families. The bereavement support library contains blog-style articles on a range of topics, such as this useful one on Children’s Grief Reactions. Red Nose Australia provides peer support, professional counselling, memorials and community events. Red Nose has provides a Bereavement Support Line, 24 hours - 1300 308 307.

Logo for Bears of Hope, a support organization for pregnancy and infant loss, with the text 'bears of hope' and a small yellow halo above the letter 'b'.

Bears of Hope provides support and care for families who experience the loss of their baby during pregnancy, birth or infancy. The not-for-profit organisation is managed by a dedicated team of bereaved parents, offering counselling, grief workshops, grief wellness groups and other resources. Bereavement counsellors with lived experience provide online, face-to-face and phone support.

Colorful logo of the Stillbirth Foundation Australia featuring a stylized firework or burst design, with the text 'Stillbirth Foundation Australia' in purple next to it.

Stillbirth Foundation Australia was established in 2005 to raise funds to reduce the incidence and impact of stillbirth through research, education and advocacy. The website features parent stories and written resources for parents, family, friends and colleagues.

A line drawing of a brain with handwritten text overlay that says "Brain Portraits" and smaller text below that reads "Commemorating Perinatal Loss."

Possum Portraits is an Australian grief support charity that strives to help alleviate the pain and loss felt by bereaved parents. Their mission is to ensure that every parent has access to a keepsake of their child to support and comfort them on their grief journey. All hand-drawn memorial portraits are provided free of charge, funded by generous donors and sponsors.

The logo features the text 'the pink elephants support network,' with 'pink' and 'elephants' in large pink letters, and 'the' and 'support network' in smaller gray font.

Pink Elephants provides the latest resources, information and peer support for anyone impacted by early pregnancy loss. They offer specialist support for anyone who has directly experienced miscarriage, family and friends, corporate partners or healthcare professionals seeking proven ways to help.

Grief Australia logo featuring a circular, dotted design in teal next to the black text 'Grief Australia' on a white background.

Grief Australia is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to transforming how Australians experience and support grief. As the peak body and a national leader in grief and bereavement, Grief Australia provides education, resources, and services aimed at enhancing individual, organisational, and community capacities to navigate loss. Grief Australia offers resources and support to individuals and communities across Australia. See article about children and grief (6-12yrs)

Other Picture Book Resources for Grief and Baby Loss:

A drawing of a postcard with a child's portrait on the right and text on the left that reads 'The House in Ollie's Tummy' in yellow and blue letters.

Possum Portraits has launched a picture book project for bereaved siblings, featuring an illustrated psychotherapeutic book, “The House in Ollie’s Tummy.” The story helps children process the loss of a baby sibling and understand the experience of grief. The resource will help parents gain insight into the cognitive abilities of children in terms of their understanding of death.

Two children's books titled 'You Could Have Been...' with illustrations of a girl and a boy, one dressed as a firefighter and the other as a police officer, on a white wooden surface against a light background.

“You Could Have Been” by Ann-Maree Imrie is a children’s picture book for bereaved parents to read to their baby who died, or didn’t survive a pregnancy. It’s filled with a parent's wonder of who their child could have been if they’d had the chance to grow up. The book is written to the child, so a parent can talk to them about their lost hopes and dreams, but most importantly, their love.