Shoalhaven Bereavement Services are a wrap around service provided by Shoalhaven City Council to support family and community in times of bereavement. They provide up to date information about burial and cremation serrvices, funeral directors and an easy access point to work out the best steps forward in these times. Guided by a storong Code of paractice and years of experience, this service is just what is needed and serves to support us all when the time comes to pass on.

Join us under the trees at Sandridge Cemetery in Mollymook to listen up to Aunty Loretta Parsley and Shanna Provost share their lived history and decades of experience in working on End of Life choices within local Aboriginal Community. Amy Sagar from Tender Funerals will join us to share her organisations accumulated knowledge, working strongly within Community. Charmaine Schembri of Shoalhaven Bereavement Services will also represent on this panel.
This beautiful graveyard is perched on the edge of the ocean and provides a beautiful backdrop to consideration of the the bigger things and has been serving the local people since 1983.
Traditional practices strengthen Culture and Community, but many of these ways have had to take a backseat. Whilst the importance of Sorry Business might be understood by the wider community in connection with Aboriginal Community, the current legislation and expense governing End of Life add much to the burden of colonisation carried by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Communities.
With NSW Government having just invested in enhancing culturally sensitive end of life care options here on the south coast including support for Waminda, there may be light on the horizon.
Come along and hear from those who know and be part of this important conversation.



