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Grief

Mother's Day Can Be A Very Difficult Day

Mother’s Day is a wonderful opportunity for us all to give thanks to the unique individuals, often affectionately known as Mum, Mother or Ma, who have cared for each and every one of us. Equally, ...
By James MacLeod - Managing Director - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Thursday, April 28, 2016

The Hugely Popular Art For The Heart Exhibition Is Here

To be held at the prestigious Parliament House, Queens Hall, East Melbourne from Monday the 2nd of May to Thursday the 5th May, 9.00am to 5.00pm, entry to the exhibition is free. The donated works ...
By Samantha Rennie & Matt Weedon
Monday, April 18, 2016

Stephen Jenkinson: Talking Grief

Not success. Not growth. Not happiness. The cradle of your love for life…is death. Stephen Jenkinson is a teacher, author, spiritual activist and farmer who has some very thought provoking philoso...
By Samantha Rennie & Michael Lynch
Monday, March 21, 2016

Remembering our Angels Services

Remembering Our Angels is an annual service for parents, families and friends who have experienced, or been touched by, the loss of a baby or child. These services are open to anyone to a...
By Samantha Rennie - Community Education Manager - Tobin Brothers Funerals
In Grief
Monday, October 26, 2015

Our Fatherless Father’s Day

The tools, ties and socks catalogues start rolling in way too soon for those of us who will have no father or child to be with this Father’s Day. But the spiritual presence of Dad can still be cel...
By Samantha Rennie - Community Education Manager, Tobin Brothers Funerals
In Grief
Monday, August 31, 2015

Living With Motor Neurone Disease and Finding a Cure

Although the number of Australians diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) each year is significantly lower than for other terminal illnesses, it still remains a devastating physical and emotion...
By Matt Weedon and Michael Lynch - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Monday, August 17, 2015

A Beautiful Death

We all die. It’s a simple reality, and yet despite this many people still don’t get the chance to do it well. I was lucky enough to be present for a beautiful death. It is the anniversary of my Au...
By Samantha Rennie – Community Education Manager, Tobin Brothers Funerals
In Grief
Monday, January 19, 2015

Previous Posts

Black Saturday Fires 10 Years On

Ten years on and this is the first time we have shared reflections on Tobin Brothers involvement in the Black Saturday fires and their aftermath. The 7th of February is my wife Louise’s birthday.&...

Christmas Message 2018

  Christmas is a wonderful occasion...but equally it can be a very tough day for many in the community. To everyone who is so very much looking forward to Christmas, I wish you a wonderful d...

Coping at Christmas 2018

If you have experienced loss the whole festive season can be extremely challenging.   Time and time again people have said to us they wish they could go to bed at the end of November and wake...

Art For The Heart: Beauty From Loss & Pain

This year’s Art For The Heart exhibition had substance and richness that lifted the spirit with honest, beautiful and sometimes provocative creative works relating to love, loss and hope. Shaped by...

Say It Now Week "Appreciation"

One of the very great sadness’s associated with the sudden death of a family member or close friend can, for the bereaved, be the lingering anguish and heartache associated with their not having to...

Prostate Cancer Breakthrough

  "Together in Discovery and Care" is the theme for the 19th Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference taking place in Brisbane from the 22-25 August 2018. Prostate cancer is the most c...

Art For The Heart 2017

“Wonderful, Emotive, Beautiful, Inspirational!  I come every year and wouldn’t miss it.” Effusive acclamation from some of the many visitors to Tobin Brothers Funerals annual Art for the H...