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    • What We Do

      Support After Suicide provides a range of services to support children, young people and adults bereaved by suicide.

    • Our Approach

      Support After Suicide operates with belonging, acceptance and understanding.

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    • Counselling

      Support After Suicide provides counselling to individuals, couples and families who are bereaved by suicide.

    • Support Groups

      Support After Suicide facilitates a number of regular support groups and programs for people bereaved by suicide to find connection and support.

    • LGBTQIA+ Communities

      Support After Suicide partners with Switchboard Victoria to provide a range of services for LGBTQIA+ people bereaved by suicide.

    • Online Community

      Our online communities offer people bereaved by suicide to connect and support each other at any time. They are available to anyone in Australia.

    • Community Information Sessions

      An opportunity for people recently bereaved by suicide to hear from our experienced counsellors and someone with lived experience of suicide bereavement.

    • Postvention Coordination

      Our postvention coordination team helps to facilitate a community response to a suicide in a local community.

    • Groups & Events Calendar

      Visit here to see our upcoming monthly support groups, workshops and special events.

  • About Grief
    • The Early Days

      We know that the hours and days after your loved one has passed away can be traumatic and overwhelming. There is support available.

    • Loss, Grief and Trauma

      Grief is a universal experience. It is a human response to a loss of someone we love and value. However, it can also be a very difficult experience.

    • Talking to Children

      Children may experience grief differently to adults and do not always have the words to express their feelings. It is important to communicate clearly, openly and honestly with children after a loss to suicide.

    • Guilt and responsibility

      In grief, particularly following a suicide, it is not uncommon to experience feelings of guilt. These feelings can be very uncomfortable and distressing.

    • Supporting someone who is grieving

      If you have a friend or family member who has lost a loved one to suicide, you may find the information on this page helpful.

    • Living with Grief

      As you return to work, celebrate special occasions or are approaching significant dates after the loss of your loved ones, we provide some strategies that you may useful as you navigate your grief.

  • Helpful Resources
    • Informative Resources

      Here you can find links to our books and publications, informative fact sheets, videos and podcasts, and our regularly updated blog.

    • Other Support Services

      Links to crisis services for immediate support, as well as contact details for additional services that provide support to those bereaved by suicide.

  • Lived Experience
    • Stories After Suicide

      Read stories from people who have lost a loved one to suicide.

    • Volunteering

      Our volunteers provide vital lived experience insights to our program.

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Support After Suicide
  • About Us
    • What We Do Support After Suicide provides a range of services to support children, young people and adults bereaved by suicide.
    • Our Approach Support After Suicide operates with belonging, acceptance and understanding.
  • Get Support
    • Counselling Support After Suicide provides counselling to individuals, couples and families who are bereaved by suicide.
    • Support Groups Support After Suicide facilitates a number of regular support groups and programs for people bereaved by suicide to find connection and support.
    • LGBTQIA+ Communities Support After Suicide partners with Switchboard Victoria to provide a range of services for LGBTQIA+ people bereaved by suicide.
    • Online Community Our online communities offer people bereaved by suicide to connect and support each other at any time. They are available to anyone in Australia.
    • Community Information Sessions An opportunity for people recently bereaved by suicide to hear from our experienced counsellors and someone with lived experience of suicide bereavement.
    • Postvention Coordination Our postvention coordination team helps to facilitate a community response to a suicide in a local community.
    • Groups & Events Calendar Visit here to see our upcoming monthly support groups, workshops and special events.
  • About Grief
    • The Early Days We know that the hours and days after your loved one has passed away can be traumatic and overwhelming. There is support available.
    • Loss, Grief and Trauma Grief is a universal experience. It is a human response to a loss of someone we love and value. However, it can also be a very difficult experience.
    • Talking to Children Children may experience grief differently to adults and do not always have the words to express their feelings. It is important to communicate clearly, openly and honestly with children after a loss to suicide.
    • Guilt and responsibility In grief, particularly following a suicide, it is not uncommon to experience feelings of guilt. These feelings can be very uncomfortable and distressing.
    • Supporting someone who is grieving If you have a friend or family member who has lost a loved one to suicide, you may find the information on this page helpful.
    • Living with Grief As you return to work, celebrate special occasions or are approaching significant dates after the loss of your loved ones, we provide some strategies that you may useful as you navigate your grief.
  • Helpful Resources
    • Informative Resources Here you can find links to our books and publications, informative fact sheets, videos and podcasts, and our regularly updated blog.
    • Other Support Services Links to crisis services for immediate support, as well as contact details for additional services that provide support to those bereaved by suicide.
  • Lived Experience
    • Stories After Suicide Read stories from people who have lost a loved one to suicide.
    • Volunteering Our volunteers provide vital lived experience insights to our program.
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  • Creating a safe space for teens after suicide loss

    • 23 March 2026

    “I think Support After Suicide is actually participant centred in a way that many other organisations don't dare to do”, volunteer and counselling placement student Kiara Lindsay shares. “It is such a rare thing to be able to speak so specifically to suicide bereavement in a program that is also free and very flexible”. It…

  • Support After Suicide's Community Day 2025

    • 23 November 2025

    On Saturday the 22nd of November, the Support After Suicide gathered for the program's first annual Community Day. Held to commemorate the International Day for Survivors of Suicide Loss, the event was an opportunity for program participants, their friends and families to connect with each other and engage in activities to support them and their…

  • Gallery - World Suicide Prevention Day 2025

    • 29 September 2025

    World Suicide Prevention Day is held on the 10th of September each year. To commemorate the day, there are many community events held around Victoria as an opportunity for us to gather, connect, and remember our loved ones lost to suicide. You can find a gallery of photos from some of the events held this…

  • World Suicide Prevention Day 2025 Community Events

    • 20 August 2025

    A summary of events happening around Victoria to commemorate World Suicide Prevention Day 2025.

  • Serious fun helping kids connect after loss

    • 26 March 2025

    It’s a Wednesday morning in the school holidays. Some children are playing together in a school hall. This is Support After Suicide’s program tailored to children: Serious Fun.

  • Connecting with someone who gets what it’s like

    • 4 December 2023

    “When I was bereaved by suicide, I was not just grieving the loss of a friend but grieving for all LGBTQIA+ people who face a transphobic and homophobic world each day,” says Immy Money, Project Officer at our new Support After Suicide Hub (SASH). “I was realising just how many in our community are suicide…

  • Dr Rob Gordon's Annual Talk 2023

    • 19 October 2023

    Support After Suicide program recently hosted our annual talk by grief and trauma expert, Dr Rob Gordon. The talk addressed the themes of guilt and responsibility, particularly in suicide bereavement. 

  • How music connects hearts in grief and helps in healing

    • 4 September 2023

    When musician and anthropologist Glenn McDonald’s mum passed away from suicide in 2011, music played an important part in his recovery.

  • Launch of "Growing Around Grief" Toolkit

    • 4 July 2023

    This morning, Louise Flynn, General Manager of Support After Suicide spoke at the launch of South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network's (SEMPHN) postvention toolkit 'Growing Around Grief' to support people in south east Melbourne affected by suicide and sudden loss. Louise spoke alongside Tim Richardson MP, Victoria's Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health & Suicide Prevention, lived…

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