Welcome to the National Centre for Childhood Grief

The National Centre for Childhood Grief (NCCG) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation dedicated to caring for bereaved children and their families following the death of a parent, sibling or other close loved one.

One in 20 Australian children will experience the death of their parent before the age of 18 and many more another loved one. Close family bereavement is amongst the most traumatic experiences for children, with profound and life-long mental and social impacts.

The NCCG provides a place of safety, nurturing and understanding. Our professional individual and group counselling programs help bereaved children and their families learn to live with their grief, build their coping skills and resilience and empower them to live their best life.

The NCCG was founded in 1994 by Dianne McKissock OAM and Mal McKissock OAM, internationally recognised experts in the field of child bereavement and grief counselling. The NCCG is led by Dr. Elizabeth Mann with a team of professional counsellors.

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 NCCG 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.

Our Supporters

The National Centre for Childhood Grief is principally funded by community donations.

We express our deepest thanks to all the individual donors, community fundraisers and organsations, businesses and private Foundations who make our care possible.

Our current major supporters include: