Good Grief, This hurts! recording available

[from QuoCCA]

On 16 October, we again hosted Good grief, this hurts! which is a free, annual educational event aimed at building community capacity and practical awareness about grief, loss, death, and bereavement as experienced by children and young people. This event was an opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in supporting a child or young person who is grieving. If you were unable to join the live event, you can still access the recording by following this link: Good Grief This Hurts! October 2025 on Vimeo

To support your learning about caring for bereaved young people check out the accompanying Good grief, this hurts! Resource Guide. In acknowledging that thinking, talking, and reflecting upon grief, loss and bereavement may cause distress, we urge you to take pause for self-care and offer a resource to support this space with the Good grief, this hurts! Reflection Guide.

In 2025, the Good grief, this hurts! webinar focused on Growing Up and Grieving: Deepening Our Understanding of Young People's Grief and explored how children and young people experience and express grief. The 2-hour virtual session unpacked the unique challenges faced by grieving young people, the ways grief evolves as they grow, and how adults can offer meaningful support.

This year, we welcomed as the event host Ainslie Plumb, who is a Youth Cancer Advisor with the Youth Cancer Service, and she told her own story of love and loss, as well as a panel of three renowned speakers who spoke to current research and thinking about re-imagining childhood grief.

Dr Lauren Breen is a psychologist, researcher, author, TEDx speaker, and a professor of psychology at Curtin University. She works to understand the psychology of grief and loss over the lifespan and the intersections with mental health and wellbeing.

Meg Chin is an experienced senior social worker, Family Support Team Leader and a certified EPEC-Paediatrics Trainer. Meg specialises in play-based counselling with a strong interest in children’s rights.

Shelly Skinner, Social Worker is the CEO and Founder of Lionheart Camp for Kids, a not-for-profit supporting children, teens, and families following the death of a significant person in their family.

The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia (QuoCCA) project delivers paediatric palliative care education to health professionals in urban, rural, regional and remote areas who may care for children and young people with palliative and end-of-life care needs.