Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Association Inc

TELEPHONE CONTACT 24/7: 1300 767 022

The Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Association Inc (SOSBSA) is a non-profit support group formed and established for the benefit of those bereaved by suicide.

Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of SOSBSA are to:

• provide support and a safe haven for those bereaved when and if needed
• provide a face-to-face counselling service
• provide a twenty-four hour telephone help line
• increase public awareness about suicide and suicide bereavement through publicity and education
• form links with existing support groups
• actively pursue funding from government bodies
• actively pursue funding from private enterprise

Why a Support Group?
A support group helps through empathy and experience that other survivors of suicide have gone through.

It is important to know that there are survivors of suicide, that the survivors are here because they have learned to accept and cope with the tragedy of losing a loved one to suicide.

It's not an easy road and although it may be a long and arduous one you can survive and learn to live with bittersweet memories.
 

PUBLICATIONS
Proceedings of a forum held in October 1998 entitled: The Enigmatic Stigma of Suicide: A Journey Through Grief

A pamphlet entitled: First Aid for Emotional Hurt

A pamphlet entitled: Prevent Suicide: Help a Friend

Bi-monthly Newsletter

If you wish to receive the above three listings, ie: First Aid for Emotional Hurt, Prevent Suicide: Help a Friend and our Newsletter please contact Olwen at the mobile number or email address as shown below.

BOOKLETS

Facilitating a Bereaved Employee: Guidelines for Employers. This booklet addresses the tribulations a bereaved person may experience from employers and colleagues. It provides an insight into 'grief' and 'bereavement' for all employers and colleagues of the bereaved person.

The Nature of Words: Guidelines for Communicating with the Bereaved by Suicide. This booklet addresses one of the most important issues on the subject of suicide bereavement: effective communication. It is perhaps the single most important first step in helping the bereaved by suicide: Knowing you can talk about it.

Self Healing Tools. This booklet was written not only for the bereaved by suicide but all those suffering the trauma of grief. Lives are forever changed through the death of a love person and by working through our own self healing tools on our journey through grief, there may not be closure or completion, but there is integration of our loss perpetually woven into the nucleus of our lives.

Suicide: The Aftermath. This booklet was written for the newly bereaved by suicide and will be distributed to funeral directors, police, mortuary and ambulance. It helps the bereaved understand the procedures that result because of a suicide.

If you wish to order any of these publications, the cost per copy is $5:00 (includes GST and postage), please email SOSBSA at the address below.

SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS

OTHER SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS

If you would like to make a bequest

For many donors, a Bequest is the most practical way of making a significant gift to ensure that the good work of this association continues.

Bequests can be made in a number of ways — cash donations, property, shares or other securities — or a Trust Fund could be set up in favour of the Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Association Inc.

The Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Association Inc needs your help — so please help us support the bereaved by suicide and the suicidal within our community by including a Bequest in your Will to the Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Association Inc.

Your generosity will help to support the bereaved by suicide and the suicidal now and in the future. Bequests are tax deductible.

Noteworthy News
We have for sale beautiful pewter Mourning Dove pins for sale at a cost of $8:00 each. If anyone is interested in purchasing this fundraiser item, please contact Olwen either by phone (number as above) or email (as below).

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Email us at: sosbsa@yahoo.com

Memorial Page: enter here

If you would like to have your loved one's photo
and their or your poems on our Memorial Page
please submit to Olwen, PO Box 334, Springwood Qld 4127
or email same at the above address.

If mailing your photo and you wish to have it sent back
please let us know and we will be happy to do so.

PHOTOS

Legends of League Fundraiser at Toowoomba

Marcia and Dave	Tammy, Michael and Denise

SOSBSA Christmas Party held on 27 November 2005

HISTORY

Visit Our Links:

• The Compassionate Friends - Brisbane, Australia

• In Loving Memory - Perth, Australia

• With One Voice - Ohio, USA

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention  - New York, USA

• Suicide Survivors Support Group - Florida, USA

• Suicide Awareness - Griffith NSW