End of Year Appeal 2026, Help us be there first.

When the unthinkable happens, families shouldn’t have to find us alone. 

💙 When a child dies, everything changes in an instant. In those first hours and days, families are in shock. They don’t know what to do next. They don’t know where to turn.

 And too often, they don’t know we exist.

💙 The Compassionate Friends Victoria support over 500 families each month.  But many of them are finding us too late.   Weeks.   Months.  Sometimes years after their loss.   

 When what they needed most … was someone in those first days. 

 We are Strengthening our First Response to Grief.

So we can:

💙 Reach families earlier.

💙 Work alongside hospitals and coronial services. 

💙 Offer connection when it matters most.  

Not later.   Earlier. 

 This end of year, we are raising $20,000. 

Your donation doesn’t sit in a system — it reaches people.

• $25 helps us connect with a newly bereaved family
• $50 helps provide one-on-one peer support
• $100 helps us follow up in those early weeks
• $250 helps strengthen early referral pathways
• $500 helps us reach multiple families sooner

Every donation helps us be there earlier. 

💙 The Compassionate Friends Victoria support over 500 families each month.  But many of them are finding us too late.   Weeks.   Months.  Sometimes years after their loss.   

When what they needed most … was someone in those first days. 

We know this work matters because we’ve lived it.   

And we know how different it could have been if someone had reached out sooner.

Thank you for standing with us. 

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