TCF AUSTRALIA

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) was founded in Coventry, England, in 1969 by Canon Dr. Simon Stephens OBE, RN, who was then assistant to the Chaplain in the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. Simon had noticed that the intensity and duration of parental grief was much greater than that of others who had lost loved ones. He brought together two couples whose children had died at the same time, hoping that they might comfort one another. In their mutual grieving, they discovered that by listening to one another, by understanding how each other felt, their grief was lessened and they were able to support and help one another as no one else could. In time the two couples reached out to other grieving parents, and The Compassionate Friends was founded.

Also known as: The Compassionate Friends

Registration numbers: 73 139 913 456 (W)

Primary location: Sydney