The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement (ACGB) and the AMES Australia, the nation's the pre-eminent settlement agency, delivering services to over 30,000 clients a year, today announced a collaboration to extend access of the My Grief App to a wider multicultural community.
The announcement comes as Australia continues to battle the impact of COVID-19 across the nation.
In a joint statement, Catherine Scarth, CEO of AMES Australia and Christopher Hall, CEO of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, said the two organisations will utilise their resources to develop pathways to include a multicultural format in the My Grief App which provides information, tools and resources to support people experiencing grief and bereavement.
Christopher Hall said "currently, the My Grief App has some links to information sheets in a number of languages, however, the app a first-of-its-kind bereavement support tool, is constantly being reviewed to increase its use and services".