Our people

Our work is supported by many dedicated staff and volunteers who contribute their time and talents every day to support families.

Sands Australia is now proudly part of Red Nose Australia. Meet our new Board and Executive Team.

Our work is supported by our Community Advisory Committee - a dedicated group of bereaved parents whose role is to provide advice to our Board, helping us to plan and implement a meaningful community engagement strategy and to ensure that our program meet the needs of bereaved families. Meet the Committee.

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Walk to Remember

Red Nose is pleased to be hosting this year's special Walk to Remember events in various locations across Australia during October.
Older Loss

In the late 1990’s an Older Loss group was established by Sands Victoria to bring together the parents of babies who died prior to the early 1980’s, when hospitals took stillborn babies, and those who died as a newborn, away and buried unknown locations. Parents were not able to see or hold their babies.
A holiday message from the CEO

We thank you for entrusting us with your heartbreak, and letting us assist you on your journey of grief this year.
Our reading list for bereaved parents and children

Processing grief can be a significant challenge to those directly experiencing loss and those around them. While no single text can offer a simple answer, we reached out to our followers and families who we have supported and below you will find the books many of them have found helpful.