Membership

Members of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement receive three copies per year of the peer reviewed journal Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, discounts to training activities and resource material, access to member only events, member discounts from our preferred book supplier - Open Leaves and voting right at the annual general meeting. Members also receive a copy of Connections, the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement newsletter, twice per year. This has extensive information on Centre activities. Download the latest copy of Connections

 

 

Organisational Membership	$159.50
Individual Membership	$88.00
Student/Concessional Membership	$66.00

(These rates include GST and cover the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004).

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The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement Annual Grief Lecture

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The 2004 Annual Grief Lecture: Healing the Father Wound

Presented by Steve Biddulph on 18 August 2004 at 7.00pm - 8.00pm

Venue  State Library of Victoria Door 3, 179 LaTrobe Street Melbourne, Vic

Cost $20      CGE members free

Registration closes 13 August 2004

 

Since the industrial revolution, the involvement of fathers in the lives of families has been very damaged, and many people have received less healthy masculine input than they needed while growing up through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The "father wound" is epidemic, and when fathers die, or approach death, complex feelings often arise.   Steve has talked to men and women worldwide about these issues, and some simple roadmaps and stories will be used to learn about the extra factors that exist when a bereavement involves a father.

Steve Biddulph was born on the coast of North Yorkshire, and his family emigrated to Australia in the early 1960s. He studied psychology at university, worked for the Education Department as a guidance officer, the Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service and founded the Collinsvale Centre, teaching counselling and crisis intervention skills.   Steve is the author of The Secret of Happy Children, More Secrets of Happy Children, Manhood, Raising Boys and The Making of Love and other titles. Steve lectures overseas following the success of his books in Germany, UK, and elsewhere. He currently works fundraising for refugee support groups, overseas aid programs, and green politics.

 

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The Inaugral Annual Grief Lecture - 2001

Ruth Cracknell talks of her own grief

Close to 200 people had the opportunity to spend an evening with Ruth Cracknell at the Inaugural Annual Grief Lecture presented by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement.Ruth Cracknell - whose career in radio, theatre, film and television has spanned over 50 years ­ spoke of her story of love, loss and grief. Ruth read extracts from her book Journey from Venice and reflected on her own experience of loss as she shared her story of her husband's death. Ruth and her husband Eric were holidaying in Venice when Eric became ill and had to be admitted into a hospital in Venice. He was subsequently transferred home to Australia where his health deteriorated and he later died, surrounded by his loving family." My heart had turned to wax and was melting " says Ruth in her book as she shares with the reader her emotions in the days following her husband's death. The audience was taken through a powerful and moving journey of love and loss, stressing the importance of recognising the very personal nature of grief and how important it is to acknowledge the grieving person's experience.

	Ruth Cracknell at the inaugral Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement - Grief Lecture
	Left to right: Christine Benson (President), Ruth Cracknell, Adele Hulse (Secretary) and Christopher Hall (Director)