REAL TIME SUPPORT by phone or text
WEBSITES
A comprehensive resource to help navigate early and later stages of grief, how to support a grieving friend, grief in children and complicated grief related to suicide.
Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing resources and support for healing to parents whose children have passed. Through their website and You Tube channel they facilitate open discussion of spiritual experiences and evidence of the afterlife in a non-dogmatic way.
Interactive website that helps people build resilience and find meaning in the face of adversity.
A free online resource that helps parents support their children when someone in their life is dying or has died. It equips parents with the words and confidence to help children grieve loss in healthy ways.
MyGrief.ca can help you understand grief and work through some of the difficult issues you may be facing. MyGrief.ca has been developed by a team of national and international grief experts together with people who have experienced significant loss in their own lives. It is not meant to replace professional counselling or other health care services.
Bereaved Families of Ontario bereavedfamilies.ca
An inclusive community fostering hope and healing for people grieving the loss of a loved one. In-person peer support is offered in either one-to-one or group settings as well as access to resources and a safe and nurturing environment.
PLACES
International Children’s Memorial Place, PEI
A 12-acre parkland and memorial site dedicated to the mission to promote and foster the health and well-being of individuals and/or families who grieve for the physical or emotional loss of a child.
Peer support for grieving children, youth and their families. They provide a safe place where experiences are shared and support given to each other as they move through the grief process.
The Coping Centre, Cambridge ON
The Coping Centre offers a peaceful place for support, understanding, compassion and encouragement in the uniqueness of one’s grief journey. They offer a special support program for those who have lost a loved one by suicide.
Parent Grief Support Group, Georgetown ON
A group of bereaved parents get together once a month to offer comfort and support to one another. We believe that sharing our stories and listening to those of others is of tremendous benefit to our healing. We talk, we cry, we laugh together and we fully understand each other in a way that no one else can. No matter the age of your child, the manner in which they died or when they died, you are welcome in our group. Monthly Group Meetings are held at Norval United Church.
This is a community group sponsored by Jones Funeral Home and the Norval United Church. All bereaved parents are welcome.
Contact Group Facilitators Julie Marrows and Linda Boyer for schedule at griefsupport@norvalunited.ca or call church office 905-877-6122
‘Walking Through Grief’ Support Group, Georgetown ON
An 8-week program for anyone experiencing the pain and grief of losing a loved one, whether the loss is recent or happened some time ago. Participants learn about grief, discover ways of dealing with it and share stories with others who are finding their way through grief. The program is supported by Jones Funeral Home, facilitated by Julie Marrows and Linda Boyer and held at Norval United Church
For information contact Norval United Church 905-877-6122 or email griefsupport@norvalunited.ca
The Rock (Reach Out Center for Kids), Georgetown
Available on self-referral basis, youth age 17 and under and their families can access therapists and trained counsellors to address an array of mental health concerns, including coping with grief and loss.
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