Upcoming Events
Understanding the role GP’s play in community palliative care
In this webinar you will learn the role GPs have in community palliative care, and how you can work with local providers to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Topics include common medications and prescribing doses, and navigating difficult conversations....
Carers Education Sessions – Online and in-person
The team at Banksia provide carers with resources and tools to look after their loved ones. Caring for a loved one with a life-limiting illness can be isolating, lonely and confronting. Our groups and education sessions aim to provide carers with opportunities to...
Volunteer Information Session – Tuesday 28th November
Banksia is now recruiting Volunteers. Banksia’s Award Winning Volunteers are an integral part of our service and aid in the delivery of quality, sustainable palliative care to clients in Melbourne’s Northern Suburbs. We hold regular information sessions for people...
Virtual Palliative Care Education – New Course Dates
Banksia Palliative Care (Banksia) provides high quality palliative care education via our Learning Centre Team. Through our education sessions, we empower clinicians, and members of the community with specific, specialist palliative care knowledge. We believe that...
Carers Circle Morning and Afternoon Teas
The team at Banksia are committed to providing carers with resources and tools to look after their loved ones and also look after themselves. Caring for a loved one with a life-limiting illness can be isolating, lonely and confronting. Banksia has developed activities...
Bereavement Coffee and Walking Group
Our social walking group is a peer support group that connects bereaved people with the lived experience of caring for a loved one with a terminal illness. The group provides an opportunity to connect with others who shared a lived experience. This group is open to...
Bereavement Information Sessions – Telehealth (online)
The death of a loved one may be the most difficult thing you will ever experience. In addition to our other bereavement services, Banksia provides online Bereavement information sessions, which are facilitated by our trained grief and bereavement counsellor, who is...
Remembrance Service
We understand how busy life is initially after a death, and we know that sometimes, there isn’t time for you to take a breath - you may not have had a chance to think about the person who has died, and about you; how you are going and what you need. For that reason,...