Palliative Care NSW

Palliative Care NSW Palliative Care NSW is a membership organisation that supports the delivery of quality palliative care through education, training and network services.

We are the peak body and leading voice for our members in NSW. We work to equip with education, connect networks and foster compassionate communities that care for people in their end of life needs.

๐‹๐†๐๐“๐+ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐๐€๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐’๐‡๐Ž๐Le***an, gay, bi+, trans and q***r (LGBTQ+) people, People Living with HIV (PLHIV)...
13/06/2026

๐‹๐†๐๐“๐+ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐๐€๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐’๐‡๐Ž๐

Le***an, gay, bi+, trans and q***r (LGBTQ+) people, People Living with HIV (PLHIV), carers and friends are invited to an interactive online workshop discussing palliative and end of life care.

Join us to demystify palliative care and learn what to expect, how to plan for the journey, and how to support yourself and loved ones.

ACON invites you to join the conversation led by guest speaker Scott Read from Palliative Care NSW, and hear about palliative care options across NSW.

This webinar is open to people who are 18 years and over. All genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds welcome.

Date: Tuesday 23 June
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Register here: https://onlineforms.acon.org.au/form/online-palliative-care

If you have any questions, please contact Zoe Hinton
E: [email protected]
Ph: 02 9206 2126

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌA heartfelt congratulations to ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ ๐Ž๐€๐Œ...
12/06/2026

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ

A heartfelt congratulations to ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ ๐Ž๐€๐Œ who has been recognised for her ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž. For decades, Fiona has provided care to patients and families across the Newcastle region. From her long-standing roles at Toronto Private Hospital and Calvary Mater Newcastle, to mentoring medical students and serving the community as a GP since 1985, her contribution is significant.

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž:
๐Ÿ”ธ๐Œ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ ๐Ž๐€๐Œ honoured for her tireless work in bereavement support through The Compassionate Friends Australia and NSW. Her dedication has provided comfort and guidance to many families experiencing loss.
๐Ÿ”ธ๐Œ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ฒ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐Œ recognised for significant service to community health through cancer support. As Founder of Rare Cancers Australia, Kathryn has transformed patient advocacy and care for those facing rare cancers, both nationally and beyond.

To read more about these individuals in NSW and across the nation, please click here: https://www.gg.gov.au/kings-birthday-2026-honours-list

FREE Community Workshop in Armidale: Advance Care and End-of-Life Planning ๐Ÿ‘‰Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/...
03/06/2026

FREE Community Workshop in Armidale: Advance Care and End-of-Life Planning

๐Ÿ‘‰Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-conversations-armidale-palliative-care-nsw-x-carersnsw

Join us for a FREE 1.5-hour session to explore advance care, end-of-life planning, and local support led by Palliative Care NSW and Carers NSW.

Come along for a conversation about:

๐Ÿ”ธStarting an advance care plan ensuring your health & care decisions reflect what matters most to you
๐Ÿ”ธHow to talk with loved ones about your values & preferences
๐Ÿ”ธHow to navigate end-of-life matters
๐Ÿ”ธWhat palliative care is and how to access it
๐Ÿ”ธLocal support services available with a health professional from your area

๐Ÿ“… Friday 19 June 2026
โฐ 10:00am โ€“ 11:30am
๐Ÿ“ Armidale City Bowling Club

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Everyone welcome - active retirees, anyone caring for loved ones or looking to better understand support options for ageing and illness.
โ˜• Free morning tea & resource kits provided

FREE Community Workshop in Taree: End-of-Life and Advance Care Planning ๐Ÿ‘‰Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/com...
02/06/2026

FREE Community Workshop in Taree: End-of-Life and Advance Care Planning

๐Ÿ‘‰Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-conversations-taree-palliative-care-nsw-x-carersnsw

Join us for a FREE 1.5-hour session to explore advance care, end-of-life planning, and local support led by Palliative Care NSW

Come along for a conversation about:
๐Ÿ”ธStarting an advance care plan ensuring your health & care decisions reflect what matters most to you
๐Ÿ”ธHow to talk with loved ones about your values & preferences
๐Ÿ”ธHow to navigate end-of-life matters
๐Ÿ”ธWhat palliative care is and how to access it
๐Ÿ”ธLocal support services available with a health professional from your area

๐Ÿ“… Thursday 11 June 2026
โฐ 11:30am โ€“ 1:00pm
๐Ÿ“ Wesley Mission Taree - 75 Manning St, Taree NSW 2430.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Everyone welcome - active retirees, anyone caring for loved ones or looking to better understand support options for ageing and illness.

โ˜• Free morning tea & resource kits provided

As we celebrate National Volunteer Week 2026, we recognise the compassion and dedication of those who give their time to...
21/05/2026

As we celebrate National Volunteer Week 2026, we recognise the compassion and dedication of those who give their time to support others at lifeโ€™s most vulnerable moments.

Many people expect palliative care to be depressing, but in reality, it is quite the opposite. In this story, Maria Greenwood, a Palliative Care Volunteer with the Nepean Blue Mountains Palliative Care Volunteer Service, shares her experience, highlighting the deeply humbling and rewarding nature of the role and the powerful connections it brings.

Click here to read the story: https://volunteerhub.com.au/what-it-is-like-to-be-a-palliative-care-volunteer/

Southern Highlands local, ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐œ๐ค, and the ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ team have ...
20/05/2026

Southern Highlands local, ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐œ๐ค, and the ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ team have won the 2026 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer of the Year Awards.

Volunteer of the Year: ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐œ๐ค, ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž
Sandra wears many volunteer hats and is a worthy winner of the Volunteer of the Year Award. Not only is she a busy volunteer board member for the Southern Highlands Community Hospice, a not-for-profit charity organisation in Bowral, but she has also played a key role in the introduction of their local community-based volunteering program. Sandra manages the coordination, training, and support for new volunteers. She also takes an active mentoring role, ensuring new recruits understand the scope of their positions and how best to interact with clients and their families.

Volunteer Team of the Year: ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
The Nepean Hawkesbury Supportive and Palliative Care Volunteer team have made a profound and measurable impact across the Nepean Blue Mountains community. The team overcomes significant obstacles, often travelling long distances to visit people who live alone or have little or no other support. They enable patients to remain at home by providing transport, shopping assistance, and social connection, which helps to prevent isolation and reduce pressure on both families and the health system.

Congratulations to the award recipients on this well-earned recognition, and to all finalists and palliative care volunteers and teams for their ongoing compassion, resilience, and generosity in making such a meaningful difference.

Read more about Sandra and the Nepean Hawkesbury Supportive and Palliative Care Volunteers by clicking here: https://volunteerhub.com.au/2026-nsw-palliative-care-volunteer-of-the-year-award-winners-announced/

We extend our appreciation to the NSW Ministry of Health for their continued support and funding of the Volunteer Services Support Program (VSSP) and these awards.


Southern Highlands Community Hospice
NSW Health

Celebrating National Volunteer Week, Volunteers for Palliative Care in Maitland held an event today to recognise the con...
19/05/2026

Celebrating National Volunteer Week, Volunteers for Palliative Care in Maitland held an event today to recognise the contributions of their volunteers.

A lovely lunch was had with Volunteer Coordinator Amy Oโ€™Donnell and PCNSWโ€™s Volunteer Services Support Program Manager Kate Bowman addressing the group thanking them for their time and dedication to volunteering.

Special mention goes to Jenny Cridland who as the very first person to volunteer with the organisation has an amazing 36 years of service under her belt. What an amazing group ๐Ÿงก

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to supporting people at end of life.
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Volunteers for Palliative Care Inc

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐คNational Volunteer Week 2026 (18โ€“24 May) is a time ...
19/05/2026

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค

National Volunteer Week 2026 (18โ€“24 May) is a time to recognise, celebrate and thank all of the incredible volunteers across Australia. This yearโ€™s theme, Your Year to Volunteer, honours the invaluable contributions volunteers make every day, and encourages more people to make 2026 the year they get involved and make a real difference.

As part of this special week, Palliative Care NSW is proud to host the 2026 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer of the Year Awards on Wednesday 20 May, recognising the outstanding dedication and impact of palliative care volunteers.

These awards shine a light on the compassion, kindness and commitment shown by palliative care volunteers across NSW, individuals, teams and services who make a meaningful difference when it matters most.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Meet our finalists and learn more about the awards:
https://volunteerhub.com.au/2026-nsw-palliative-care-volunteer-of-the-year-awards/

๐Ÿ‘‰ Find out more about National Volunteer Week 2026:
https://volunteerhub.com.au/celebrating-national-volunteer-week-2026/



Volunteering Australia

As National Palliative Care Week draws to a close, whatโ€™s next for Palliative Care NSW?Thank you to everyone who attende...
16/05/2026

As National Palliative Care Week draws to a close, whatโ€™s next for Palliative Care NSW?

Thank you to everyone who attended our events or engaged with us online during National Palliative Care Week, and to all those who hosted their own events to help raise awareness across NSW.

Your support, passion, and commitment to palliative care make a real difference in the community.

So, whatโ€™s next? ๐Ÿง

๐Ÿ”ธFree community education sessions coming up in Batemans Bay, Auburn and Taree.

Find out more here: https://palliativecarensw.org.au/community-conversations/

๐Ÿ”ธ2026 NSW Palliative Care Volunteer of the Year Awards. To be presented on Wednesday 20 May as we recognise the incredible contributions of palliative care volunteers across the state.

Meet our finalists: https://volunteerhub.com.au/2026-nsw-palliative-care-volunteer-of-the-year-awards/

๐Ÿ”ธSupportive & Palliative Care Education Day โ€“ Tamworth. Palliative Care NSW is proud to partner with Hunter New England LHD to return to Tamworth for this important event on Wednesday 17 June.

Register here: https://palliativecarensw.org.au/event/pcnsw-and-hnelhd-supportive-palliative-care-education-day/

๐Ÿ”ธPalliative Care NSW State Conference โ€“ Sydney
From Monday 19 October to Wednesday 21 October 2026.

More info here: https://pcnswconference.org.au

โœจWe look forward to connecting with you again soon.

The Palliative Care NSW team ๐Ÿงก

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค: ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.๐Ÿ‘‰ Where is palliative care provid...
16/05/2026

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค: ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Where is palliative care provided?

Palliative care can be accessed in a range of settings, to help people with a life-limiting illness to live as well as they can and as comfortably as they can, right to the very end.

This may include:
๐Ÿ”ธA general practice or primary health care clinic
๐Ÿ”ธA personโ€™s home, including residential aged care
๐Ÿ”ธA palliative care outpatient service
๐Ÿ”ธIn hospital
๐Ÿ”ธIn a dedicated palliative care unit or hospice

Ideally, and where possible, palliative care is provided wherever a person and their family feel most comfortable. Starting conversations early can help meet your preferences for care.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Have a question? Ask us below
๐Ÿ”— Learn more: www.palliativecarensw.org.au

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