Welcome to the National Centre for Childhood Grief

The National Centre for Childhood Grief (NCCG) is dedicated to helping bereaved children and their families rebuild their lives, by teaching them how to live with their grief. The Centre was established in 1994 by founders Mal and Dianne McKissock, internationally recognised experts in the field of child bereavement and grief counselling. Both Mal and Dianne have been honoured with an OAM for their important contribution.

The NCCG is a not-for-profit that operates from ‘A Friend’s Place’, our dedicated bereavement care centre in Denistone East, Sydney. The Centre has an experienced team of specialist bereavement counsellors and trained volunteer support workers, led by our Clinical Director, Dr Elizabeth Mann, ensuring the effective delivery of our services.

The NCCG provides free and unlimited grief counselling for bereaved children aged 3 -18 years. They provide grief counselling to recently bereaved adults on a fee-for-service basis. The centre also provides education and training for individuals, schools and other organisations handling the grief of children and young people.

GET INVOLVED

The NCCG is funded by individual and corporate donations. There are a number of ways supporters can help.

KIDS AND GRIEF

We know that the way children express their grief is often different to the way most adults express their own grief.

EDUCATION

The NCCG offers a variety of courses in bereavement counselling.

NATIONAL OUTREACH SERVICE

The NCCG offers outreach support services to those who cannot access our bereavement care centre in Sydney.

RESOURCES

Access information booklets and books on childhood and adult grief and other publications, including Annual Reports and Newsletters.

TESTIMONIALS

Hear from some of the families who have come to the NCCG for support.

ABOUT US

The NCCS is run by Clinical Director, Dr Elizabeth Mann and supported by the Board of Directors and a core group of highly qualified staff and trained volunteers.

BLOG

The NCCG now has an additional practical resource – regular Blogs currently written by Dianne McKissock OAM.

The National Centre for Childhood Grief was recently featured on Better Homes & Gardens where the team graciously performed a makeover of our counselling room. Thank you to everyone involved. View the episode here.