ABC Australia: TGN takes Melbourne

Our founder Rachel headed over to Melbourne, Australia, a place where she feels very much at home, to host a Grief Network session there with our friends across the pond. Here, she speaks to Sammy at ABC Australia about what TGN is, and why it's travelled across the seas.

The Grief Network was created to tackle the lack of resources for grieving young people. Having run meet-ups for just over a year, we’re now expanding. As we grow, we want to become a hub for young people to connect with services that suit them, as well as a movement that raises awareness of the distinct difficulties that come with mourning a life, just as yours is beginning.  Our first event, #StillGrieving, was held on Wednesday 2 October, in Shoreditch, where we hosted a panel talk featuring Cariad Lloyd of Grief Cast, award-winning podcaster, comedian, writer, actress, and all-round grief-throb; Felix White, Maccabees guitarist and Tailenders host who has written about the intersections of grief and cricket and has appeared on Grief Cast with Cariad Lloyd; and Theresa Lola, Young People's Laureate for London whose debut poetry collection, In Search of Equilibrium, investigates death, faith, family and mental health.