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A message to bereaved fathers from Ladybird Care Foundation
November 27, 2025
Ladybird Care Foundation are partnering with Very Special Kids to work toward our mission that no bereaved parent walks this journey alone.
The Ladybird Care Peer Mentor Program enables connections and companionship between newly bereaved peers (Peer Mentees) and Peer Mentors (parents more than two years bereaved who have undertaken training to become a Peer Mentor).
If you would like to learn more about the Peer Mentor Program, click here.
We are seeking interest from Very Special Kids’ bereaved fathers, to join an online information session hosted by Ladybird Care Foundation that will bring together the voices of fathers that have experienced the death of their child and the meaningful difference that being part of the Mentoring program has made for them on their grief journey. The session will be held during a weekday lunch hour or late afternoon in mid-February 2026 and will give you the opportunity to ask lots of questions about the program.
To help us plan, please register your interest here. Even if you can’t attend the proposed time, please still register and we will try and accommodate as many of you as we can.
If you have any questions please contact Damienne on dmor@vsk.org.au or 0487 523 155.
About Ladybird Care Foundation
Ladybird Care Foundation was founded by a bereaved father Wayne Pascoe and his core group of friends to honour his daughter Emma.
Not wanting other parents and families to experience their grief journeys alone, they became passionate about finding a way to help others and Ladybird Care Foundation was formed. Read more here.
We are delighted that more than 12 Very Special Kids’ parents have engaged with Ladybird Care Foundation as either Mentors and Mentees and we are already hearing positive stories about the benefits. While many bereaved mothers have engaged with this program, we hope to support just as many fathers to make a connection.
