Hospice UK Member Update

Regularly updated information for members of Hospice UK

This is our update for our members. It summarises Hospice UK’s key priorities and explains how our members can engage with our work. 

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Your actions for this week

Make the most of your Hospice UK membership by prioritising these key tasks

Financial hardship at the end of life

How can we improve our support for people facing financial hardship?

Join us from 2pm-3:30pm on 14th January for a Big Conversation about how hospices can better support people facing financial hardship.
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Technology Leaders Conference

Join the first Hospice UK Technology Leaders Conference on Tuesday 4th February 2025 in Manchester.
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Wellbeing support service for clinical staff

Wellbeing Support Service for Clinical Staff

We've partnered with Just 'B' to pilot an emotional wellbeing support service for clinical staff. On this page, you can learn about the service and find out how to get support.
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Stay informed and up-to-date as discussions about assisted dying continue across the UK.

Assisted dying: information for members

Stay informed and up-to-date as discussions about assisted dying continue across the UK.

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Dates for your diary

Make sure you don't miss any of our events.

An opportunity for Hospice UK members to learn about and inform our work on the key issues facing our sector.

Big conversations

Learn about and inform our work on the key issues facing Hospice UK members across the UK.
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Compassionate Employers is a workplace bereavement, carer and illness support programme to help support your employees experiencing grief, bereavement and caring responsibilities at work.

Strategic Leadership Programme

Hospice UK's Strategic Leadership Programme is a professional development course specially designed for hospice leaders and available exclusively to our members.
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Technology Leaders Conference

Join the first Hospice UK Technology Leaders Conference on Tuesday 4th February 2025 in Manchester.
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News

Hospice UK to bring garden to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025

Hospice UK and garden designer Tom Hoblyn will be collaborating on a show garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2025, thanks to the support of Project Giving Back.
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Join the conversation and be a part of Hospice UK's work to build a vibrant community championing hospice, palliative and end of life care

Networks and Communities

Join the conversation and be a part of Hospice UK's work to build a vibrant community championing hospice, palliative and end of life care.
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Get sector news and updates for all four nations of the UK

Sector news and member updates

Find important sector news and key updates for our members in all four nations of the UK.

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Grant Opportunities

The following grant opportunities are open for application

Hospice Care Home Training Grants Programme

Hospice Care Home Training grant programme

This grant programme supports hospices to run training courses for care home staff on dementia care.
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Grants and bursaries for professional development

Apply for funding to join courses, conferences and study days aimed at improving quality of care for people receiving palliative care and their families.
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Grants

Apply for a grant to help your hospice undertake specific projects, or to increase your skills and expertise.
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New Resources

Have a look at our new resources on the Innovation hub

Living with a life-limiting illness as a teenager or young adult

Living with a life-limiting illness as a teenager or young adult

The resource on this page provides information and advice from people with lived experience about living with a life-limiting illness as a teenager or young adult.
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Wellbeing support service for clinical staff

Wellbeing Support Service for Clinical Staff

We've partnered with Just 'B' to pilot an emotional wellbeing support service for clinical staff. On this page, you can learn about the service and find out how to get support.
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Trustee Essentials

Trustee Essentials

Trustee Essentials sessions provide new and existing trustees with an introduction to the essentials of Hospice UK.
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Tony Collins OBE, Deputy Chair of Hospice UK, Chief Executive of Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, and Saint Michael’s Hospice, explores mental health in the hospice care sector - past, present and future
Hospice Thought Leadership

Integrating mental health and bereavement support and its outcomes

Tony Collins OBE, Chief Executive of Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, and Saint Michael’s Hospice, explores mental health in the hospice care sector.
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Financial benchmarking

Information that Hospice UK has gathered around financial benchmarking for hospices.
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Compassionate Employers hospice referral scheme

Compassionate Employers hospice referral scheme

Find out how your hospice can receive a referral fee for recommending our Compassionate Employers programme to local corporate partners.
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Hospice Care Week 2022

Statistics about hospice care in each UK nation

On this page, we’re sharing key statistics about hospices in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, to help evidence the value of their work.
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Financial hardship at the end of life

Financial hardship at the end of life

This page explores death, dying and financial hardship. It pulls together our findings on this topic, as well as recommendations for governments, health systems and services.
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Stay informed and up-to-date as discussions about assisted dying continue across the UK.

Assisted dying: information for members

Stay informed and up-to-date as discussions about assisted dying continue across the UK.
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Browse our directory of learning examples to find practical information, tips and advice for new ways of working

Examples of innovation

Browse our directory of learning examples to find practical information, tips and advice for new ways of working.
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The Hospice Jobs Board is a comprehensive listing of UK hospice vacancies, and offers a flexible and cost-effective solution for job advertising

Hospice Jobs Board

The Hospice Jobs Board is a comprehensive listing of UK hospice vacancies, and offers a flexible and cost-effective solution for job advertising.

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Innovation Hub

If you work in palliative and end of life care, you can find support, development opportunities, resources, and guidance and access our networks and communities.

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