12/06/2026
Something important is growing across Australia. 🌱
Compassionate Communities Australia has scheduled a national network meeting in June, bringing together organisations from right across the country who are working to build communities where no one faces serious illness, dying, or grief alone.
Here in the South West, we're proud to be part of that movement.
The vision is simple but profound: that communities - not just health systems - hold and care for people at the end of life. That neighbours, friends, local businesses, and everyday people are resourced and empowered to show up. That dying is understood as a part of living, not something to be handed over and hidden away.
We're also supporting the push by Palliative Care Victoria and Carers SA to have governments recognise the concept of Compassionate States, embedding this approach into health policy as a funded, supported part of how we care for each other.
It starts locally. It starts here. And it starts with you following along, sharing this work, and being part of the conversation. 💙
