Events
RSVP for sharing meetings
Please note: If planning to attend a sharing meeting, it is essential to inform the facilitator by the date given for that meeting. If no responses are received the meeting will not go ahead.
| Wednesday 10 December 2025 6.00 – 8.00 pm |
Evening Sharing Meeting – Christmas Themed Acceptances to Jayne by Monday 8 December 2025 on 0419 680 712 |
| Sunday 14 December 2025 7.00 pm |
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting
As candles are lit at 7:00 pm on Sunday 14 December 2025 (local time), hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honour the memory of all children gone too soon. |
| Christmas Lunch Sunday 14 December 2025 12.30 pm |
Christmas Lunch at The Compassionate Friends Memorial Seat, Tarcoola Grove, Weston Park. Lunch provided by The Compassionate Friends. All welcome. Please bring a chair or rug as seating is limited. Acceptances to Sheila by Monday 9 December on 0411 126 243. |
| Butterfly Day Sunday 1 February 2026 9.00 am |
International Children’s Memorial Day (Butterfly Day) at our seat in Weston Park at the end of Tarcoola Grove. Come and join us for a short ceremony followed by breakfast.
Please bring your own tea or coffee, a snack to share and a flower to put at the foot of one of the gum trees in memory of your child, brother or sister. Acceptances to Maxine, text or call 0419 152 132 by Thursday 29 January 2026. |
| January 2026 | No evening sharing meeting is held in January. |
| Wednesday 12 February 2026 6.00 – 8.00 pm |
Evening Sharing Meeting with Sheila. Acceptances to Sheila by Monday 9 February 2026 on 0411 126 243. |
The Compassionate Friends ACT & Queanbeyan 