The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is a non-denominational self-help support organization offering friendship, comfort and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. TCF believes that bereaved parents can help each other towards a positive resolution of their grief journey and through sharing with others who are walking the same path but are in different places on their own grief journey, and may gain understanding of their feelings and reactions and learn ways of coping... TCF reaches out to all bereaved parents accross artificial barriers of religion, race, economic class or ethnic group. TCF understands and respects that every bereaved parent has individual needs and rights.