Grief never ends... but it changes. It’s a passage not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith... It’s the price of love.
- Author unknown
You have left my side but you will never leave my heart.
- Author unknown
Grief is the price we pay for love.
- Queen Elizabeth
Those we love don’t go away they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard but always near still loved still missed and very dear.
- Author Unknown
I realized it is not time that heals, but what we do with that time, that creates change.
- Diane Dettmann
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
- Cecil Murphey
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand without you even speaking a word
- Yasmin Mogahed
You are the most beautiful memory I keep locked inside my heart.
- Narin Grewal
Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot... Grief is just love with no place to go.
- Jamie Anderson

Early History

The inaugural meeting of Solace was held in Adelaide, South Australia in November 1983. The founder, Jean Almond OAM supported by Harold Almond and Isabel Harker (all who had been widowed) and Harold E. Jones (Bereavement Educator), formed a Bereavement Support Group.

The aim was to assist those whose partner had died. On-going self help and mutual support was offered to assist the bereaved in their journey through grief. The Solace Support Group and Aims were presented at the Funeral and Bereavement Education Association Conference in October of 1984 in the Barossa Valley.

Solace WA

In November 2015 under the auspices of the national body a re-established Solace Grief Support Group WA was formed. Solace WA is a non profit organisation, incorporated and has been granted charitable status.

Solace WA are here to offer those that have lost their loved one, regardless of how they died or when they died, a place where they can feel that others understand what they are experiencing and going through. Solace helps to develop a better understanding of the grieving process and its associated traumas.

When one’s partner dies, especially if it is a sudden death ‘all normal life’ ceases in an instant and a new way has to be found. Until one experiences such catastrophic happenings, it is impossible to imagine the pain, the emotions and difficulties one will have to face.

Our aim is to facilitate healthy grieving under the caring guidance of our support persons who have all survived the death of their loved ones.

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Aims of Solace

  • To help normalise the grieving process and reassure our fellow bereaved their feelings are natural;
  • To provide a safe non-denominational and non-judgemental environment in which grief can be freely expressed;
  • To bring together people who have had a spouse, partner or fiancée die;
  • To provide timely and respectful feedback to assist our fellow bereaved people in adapting to their loss;
  • To develop and share resources that may validate and inform members of their grief processes;
  • To provide regular and ongoing sharing and caring support groups for members;
  • To provide organised activities for members.