Seasons for Growth programs for children and young people provide support during times of grief, whether it be when they are experiencing a bereavement, family separation, divorce or other losses or changes.

Good Grief is a ‘Not for Profit' organisation, providing a suite of training for professionals working with families using the ‘Seasons for Growth’ *programs – both for Children and Young People as well as ‘Exploring the seasons of grief’, and ‘Seasons for healing’ for Adults. 

Good Grief facilitators train individuals to become ‘Companions’ who then facilitate seminars or small groups around the topic of change, loss and grief.  With many individuals experiencing bereavement, family separation and divorce or other losses, changes in families, diagnosis and family transitions, and our understanding of the impact of these events, there is an essential role to support people. 

Southern Cross University developed the Seasons for Growth program to support children and young people following death, separation, divorce and other loss experiences. Seasons for Growth was adapted to support refugee children, young people in suicide ‘hotspots’ and children involved in natural disasters.

The program has also been adapted for adults experiencing loss, Indigenous people, prisoners, and parents of children in the program. Since 1996, 260,000 children, young people and adults in five countries have taken part in Seasons for Growth. The program has given participants a new start, a chance to transform their experiences of change and loss and to move forward with confidence and hope.