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Safe Sleep and Safer Pregnancy
Evidence-based guidance for professionals supporting families from pre-pregnancy through to early childhood. As a health or early years professional, you play a vital role in helping families create safe environments for their babies — before birth, during pregnancy, and throughout infancy. This section brings together the latest research, recommendations, and practical tools to support conversations […]
Safe Sleep FAQs for Early Childhood Educators
Creating a safe sleep environment is a vital responsibility for early learning professionals. These FAQs offer clear, evidence-based answers to common questions about safe sleep and rest practices in childcare settings. Drawn from Red Nose, ACECQA, and other recognised authorities, the guidance below supports educators in ensuring safe, high-quality care for every baby and toddler […]
Safe Sleep FAQs for Health Professionals
Whether you’re a GP, midwife, nurse, or allied health worker, your advice can make a powerful difference to the families you support. We’ve compiled answers to the most common questions we receive from professionals about safe sleep and safer pregnancy practices. These responses are grounded in the latest evidence and Red Nose’s decades of research, […]
Customised Grief and Loss Training
Compassionate, Practical Training for Organisations Grief is part of life, but many people don’t feel confident supporting someone who is grieving. That’s where we can help. Red Nose offers customised grief and loss training for organisations, teams, and communities who want to provide meaningful, informed support during difficult times. Whether your team works in healthcare, […]
Supporting Grieving Families
Grief and Loss Support — Referrals and Enquiries Make a referral Complete our referral form and a member of our Bereavement Support Intake Team will be in touch. Submit a referral Find out more Complete our enquiry form and a member of our Bereavement Support Intake Team will be in touch. Make an enquiry  […]
Understanding Grief and Loss: Factsheets for Families and Loved Ones
Every experience of grief is deeply personal — there’s no right or wrong way to feel after the death of a baby or child. At Red Nose, we’re here to help you navigate the many emotions and practical challenges that can come with loss.  Our Grief and Loss factsheets provide compassionate, easy-to-read information to support you, […]
Bereavement Care eLearning
This essential eLearning course equips healthcare professionals with the skills and knowledge to provide compassionate care to families navigating the heartbreaking loss of a pregnancy, infant, or child. Explore the complexities of grief, gain practical guidance, and hear powerful real-life stories from bereaved families. Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives, this course offers 3.5 […]
Supporting Diverse Families: Resources for Healthcare Professionals
Supporting Diverse Families Through Pregnancy and Infant Loss Culturally sensitive care for every family When a baby or child dies, every family deserves support that is not only compassionate but also culturally safe and respectful. At Red Nose, we have been walking alongside grieving families for nearly 50 years. In that time, we’ve heard from […]
Supporting Diverse Families – Video Series
Supporting Families from Diverse Backgrounds – Video Series for Health Professionals  Understand. Support. Make a Difference. This video series is designed to support health professionals working with families who have experienced the death of a baby, pregnancy loss, or the death of a young child. Each short video provides practical insights and culturally informed […]
Supporting Rural and Remote Families
Isolation can make grieving even harder Families living in rural and remote areas face unique challenges when coping with the death of a baby or child. Distance from family, limited access to services, and isolation from their community can make the grieving process even more challenging. Supporting Families Through Isolation Many of the families in […]
Supporting First Nations Families Through Grief
Supporting First Nations Families and Communities in Times of Grief First Nations families experience grief through a deeply cultural, spiritual, and communal lens. Providing culturally safe and compassionate care is essential for supporting parents, families and communities through the loss of a baby or child. Understanding Cultural Grief Practices Grief for First Nations peoples is […]
Self-Care for Health Professionals
Looking after yourself while supporting grieving families Supporting families through the loss of a pregnancy, baby, or young child can be deeply emotional—not just for the families themselves, but for the health professionals who care for them. These experiences can stay with you, often in ways you may not expect. It’s okay to need support […]
Handover for Continuity of Bereavement Support
Handover for Continuity of Bereavement Support A guide for healthcare professionals A smooth and compassionate handover to bereavement support services can make a significant difference to grieving families. It ensures that no family feels left alone in their grief, and that support continues beyond the hospital or clinic. Explain What Bereavement Support Means Not all […]
Supporting Refugee, Migrant and CALD Families Through Grief and Loss
Supporting Refugee, Migrants & CALD families in times of grief When a baby or child dies, compassionate, culturally safe care is essential—especially when supporting refugee, migrant and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families. In many communities, grief is expressed in deeply cultural ways, and traditions around loss, mourning, and burial may vary significantly. Health professionals […]
Supporting Young Mums in Times of Grief
Supporting Young Mothers Through Loss Young mothers often face unique challenges that can affect how they experience and process grief. These challenges may make it harder for them to access the support they need or to feel heard and understood during an already distressing time. Young Mums Face Unique Challenges Young mothers may be navigating […]
