Grief counselling
The Bonnie Babes Foundation provides Australia wide, free grief counselling services to families who have lost a baby.
The Foundation’s trained counsellors will provide grief counselling for any member of the family or friends grieving after pregnancy loss.
Our counselling services also support families with infertility issues and families who have a baby with an illness or complication following birth.
If you would like to speak with one of the Foundation’s counsellors, find out more about our community support groups or request any of our free literature on coping with pregnancy loss to be sent to you, please telephone 1300 Bonnie (1300 266 643) fax on (03) 9803 2699 or email enquiry@bbf.org.au
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Coping with Pregnancy Loss
The Bonnie Babes Foundation has three free publications:
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'You Are Part of Our Lives and Will Always Live in our Hearts'You Are Part of Our Lives and Will Always Live in our Hearts.pdf (558.28 KB) This book contains information that can help families cope in their time of grief. This publication is distributed to GP’s, hospitals, health centres, etc across Australia. If your hospital etc does not have a copy, please contact the Foundation and a copy will be sent. |
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A Dad's StoryThis book discusses a father’s grief and is available by contacting the Foundation. |
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Talking to Children about Grief & LossThis book discusses ways to explain to your child grief and loss and is also available by contacting the Foundation. |
SUPPORT GROUPS
For more information on other support groups contact the Bonnie Babes Foundation.
Grief counselling support group - Werribee, VIC
On the 1st Thursday of each month there is a counselling support group held at:
Salvation Army Church Hall, 211 Watton St, Werribee, VIC. 3030. This support group is facilitated by one of the Bonnie Babes Foundation’s volunteer grief counsellors, Kerry Batstone. The sessions will run between 1:30-2:30pm. The Hall’s contact number is 9741 7359. For any queries you can contact the Bonnie Babes Foundation on 03 9803 1800 or by email at enquiry@bbf.org.au
Support Group - Brisbane
The Bonnie Babes Foundation Brisbane Support Group is not available at the present time. For further information or for our telephone counselling services within Queensland please contact Barbara on (07) 3353 6285 or email bbfqld@optusnet.com.au
Support Group - Gold Coast - Queensland
A Gold Coast self-help support group is held on the last Thursday of every month. This support group consists of families who have lost a baby at various stages of pregnancy, so everyone is welcome. For information, ring Debbie Graham on 07 5607 0834 or 0430 347 773.
Support Group - Rockhampton
Teddy Love Club Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support is an Australia wide support program for bereaved parents who suffer the loss of their baby or babies to miscarriage, stillbirth, termination of pregnancy for foetal abnormality and neonatal death.
TLC donates traditional Teddy Bears to bereaved parents, in the hope the bear may help to ease the pain of leaving the hospital with such aching empty arms. We hope to provide parents with the comfort of knowing they are not alone right from the beginning, and offer significant ongoing support & understanding to bereaved parents, their families and their friends.
The TLC program is the original bear giving program in Australia established 26th October 2002 in Adelaide.
The Teddy Love Club Program provides a range of support services including:
- Ongoing professional counselling
- Free professional telephone counselling
- Free call 1800 bereavement support line
- Informative TLC Resource Pack
- Online bereavement support
- Group support meetings
- Home and Hospital visits (SA only)
- Grief & Loss library
- Pregnancy & infant loss resources
- An Australia wide newspaper
- Online support groups
- Australia wide support through our Parent to Parent Network
Website: www.teddyloveclub.org.au
Email: contactus@teddyloveclub.org.au Ph: 1800 824 240 Free Call Bereavement Support
WRAPPED IN LOVE
The Bonnie Babes Foundation sincerely thanks the contribution of all the members of Victorian Quilters who donate handmade quilts for families in need.
Victorian Quilters,
PO BOX 264,
Essendon North 3041.
We are sorry for your loss:
Please Note: The Bonnie Babes Foundation Counsellors are all volunteers and they will endeavour to respond to your grief enquiry by phone or email as soon as possible so please be patient as it depends upon our roster regarding how quickly we can respond to you.