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Welcome to the National Centre for Childhood Grief

One in 20 Australian children will experience the death of a 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 potential impacts to their mental and physical health, family life and education.

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.

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 be empowered 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. Today, the centre is led by Dr. Elizabeth Mann, with a team of highly specialised professional counsellors.

KIDS AND GRIEF

Children naturally express their grief in a range of ways following the death of a close loved one. We are here to support them and their family.

SERVICES

The NCCG provides specialist bereavement care services for children 3-17 years and adults – individual counselling, group programs, camps and more. In-person and online.

EDUCATION

The NCCG offers specialist training courses in child and adult bereavement counselling for clinicians, teachers, other professionals and new students. In-person and online.

ABOUT US

Meet our team of specialist staff, Board members and volunteers. Access our Annual and Impact Reports and Newsletters.

OUR IMPACT

Hear from children and families who have been supported by the NCCG. Read our latest Impact Report.

BLOG

Read our Blog, a practical resource on grief and bereavement care, written by the centre’s co-founder and renowned expert in this field, Dianne McKissock OAM.

RESOURCES

Access NCCG books and other publications on child and adult grief and bereavement care.

GET INVOLVED

The NCCG is funded primarily by donations from individuals, community groups and businesses. You can support the centre in various ways – choose what suits you.

Recent News

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The National Centre for Childhood Grief respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and pay respect to the First Nations Peoples and their Elders, past, present and future. The NCCG’s care centre is located in Hornsby on the lands of the Darug and GuriNgai peoples.

We acknowledge their strength and resilience to thrive as Sovereign Owners and the deep and complex bereavement and grief experienced particularly by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We are honoured to work and journey with them on the path to healing and reconciliation. Please be aware that this website may contain the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased.

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: