July Serious Fun 

Our next Serious Fun program is scheduled for Wednesday July 10 form 10 am to 1pm. The theme for our July program is ‘Growing Around Grief’. Come and join us as we explore questions like, when does your grief fill you up? And how full are you now? As per usual, games, challenges, craft & chats are guaranteed. If you have any questions or are interested in attending, please call Support After Suicide on 9421 7640 or email aftersuicide@jss.org.au

Please ensure that your…

Just a reminder that our June Brothers and Sisters evening is scheduled for next Thursday, June 27 from 7 to 9pm. if you are interested in attending please call Support After Suicide on (03) 9421 7640 or email aftersuicide@jss.org.au

Just a reminder that our June Men’s Program is scheduled for next Thursday evening, Thursday June 13 from 7 to 9pm. If you are interested in attending, please call Support After Suicide on 9421 7640 or email colin.charles@jss.org.au

May Brothers and Sisters

Just a reminder that our May Brothers and Sisters evening is scheduled for next Thursday, May 23 from 7 to 9pm. if you are interested in attending please call Support After Suicide on (03) 9421 7640 or email aftersuicide@jss.org.au

M&M May 2019 update

Mindfulness and meditation.

Hi everyone,

Here's our latest (May 2019) update to selected online resources you can easily use to further your understanding of how mindfulness and meditation might help. 

So, what is mindfulness about?

What we call Mindfulness arose from psychology research into whether meditation can help us deal with challenging events, improve our wellbeing, or to become more efficient and more productive. Mindfulness uses practices (short pauses to…

Introducing our May Men's Program guest speaker; Gill Coleman

Gill’s husband Andrew took his own life in 2013, while experiencing an episode of anxiety. At the time of Andrew’s death, their sons were aged 17, 14 and 9.

Gill has studied and worked in variety of fields (male and female dominated), interstate and overseas, in paid and unpaid roles. After a childhood spent on a farm in rural Victoria, she studied engineering, met Andrew and worked in the energy industry; followed by counselling and…

April Brothers and Sisters Evening

Just a reminder that our April Brothers and Sisters evening will be held next Thursday April 18 from 7 to 9pm. if you are interested in attending please call Support After Suicide on (03) 9421 7640 or email aftersuicide@jss.org.au

Each Mindfulness & Meditation evening will be hosted by trained Support After Suicide volunteers, Kathy Westfold and Greg Hammond. Kathy is a visual artist and is currently undertaking graduate studies in Art Therapy. Her son suicided eight years ago. She has practiced meditation in the Zen tradition for 10 years. Greg used mindfulness practices for self-care after his daughter took her own life in 2012. Having found mindfulness techniques, music and writing useful, Greg delved into the…

Introducing our April Men's Program Guest Speaker: Kieran Largey

In December 2009 Kieran lost his son Sean to suicide. Sean was 26, had been diagnosed with depression and was undergoing treatment and support.

At our April Men’s Program Kieran will talk about how the loss of Sean impacted on his health, work, family and friends. Kieran will also talk about how he managed the impact of the loss and the various methods he used to find meaning for both himself and his family.

If you are interested…