Now available for community use at a cost of $50 per day. This valuable resource allows you to keep a dead body cool for home death care before the funeral ceremony or cremation/burial. In NSW you can legally do this
Saturday October 21st 2023 Last Aid training – weekend retreat. A few places still available. Please contact info@amitayus.org.au for more information
Last Aid training
Our next course begins on Thursday October 20th 2022, 6.30pm-8.30 pm for 8 weekly sessions, with a skills workshop on December 4th and a non-residential retreat on December 11th and 12th. Please contact Byron Community College to enrol. The classes
Last Aid weekend retreat
This will be held June 11th and 12th 2022, with priority given to those who completed their training last year. If you wish to become a volunteer with Amitayus, you need to have completed this part of the training.
AGM
Our AGM will be held on Saturday April 9th 2022 at the CWA rooms in Park St, Brunswick Heads, starting at 4pm. The meeting will be followed by refreshments. All welcome to attend. Please RSVP to info@amitayus.org.au Look forward to
Postponed: Last Aid weekend retreat
Unfortunately due to the Covid situation and ongoing uncertainty we have had to cancel the weekend retreat planned for August 21st and 22nd. We will re-schedule as soon as we are able. So sorry that we won’t be able to
Last Aid training
Our next training begins on October 14th 2021. If you’re interested, please contact Byron Community College https://www.byroncollege.org.au/course/DyingAtHome who will contact you when enrolments are open.
Info day
Its National Palliative Care Week May 24th-30th and here in our local community there’s a great opportunity to explore the services available in the Byron Shire..
Spirituality forum
National Volunteer week is celebrated from the 17th-23rd May this year. Each year, 6 million volunteers dedicate over 600 million hours to help others. To acknowledge and celebrate your contribution, Palliative Care NSW is presenting this forum on Spirituality, Reflective Practise and
AGM
The Amitayus AGM was held on Monday 26th April 2021 at 7 pm at the Ewingsdale Hall. 19 people attended and the new Management Committee was elected.