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SUMMARY:Advance care planning
DESCRIPTION:Death\, dying and planning for the end of life can be one of the most challenging topics to discuss for anyone working within health and social care. With the right knowledge and skills it can become one of the most rewarding. This half day training aims to raise awareness about the importance of planning for the end of life and enables participants to feel confident initiating conversations with service users and supporting them to discuss and record their end of life care wishes. \n“A very good training course even though a difficult topic to discuss. I now feel more confident to discuss Advance Care Planning with service users” \nThis session will be led by Mireille Herbert Hayden\, Health Psychologist and Founding Director of Gentle Dusk and Lisa Thomas\, Clinical Nurse Specialist\, Nurse lead End of life and palliative care. North Bristol Trust. \nThis training is available to professionals only.\nPlaces are free but limited to 20 people for each session.
URL:https://www.gentledusk.org.uk/event/advance-care-planning/
LOCATION:Memorial Woodlands\, Earthcott Green Road\, Near Thornbury\, Bristol\, BS35 3TA
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SUMMARY:Bristol Serenity Retreat
DESCRIPTION:A beautiful one-day retreat designed specifically to support emotional wellbeing and resilience for palliative and end of life care professionals.Our Serenity Retreat Day offers you the opportunity to explore a carefully handpicked set of techniques specifically designed to improve wellbeing\, process emotional challenges\, and improve emotional literacy and compassion. Over the course of the retreat you will be supported in exploring which of these techniques can be practiced and used in your own everyday life. \nGentle Dusk has reviewed the evidence base for emotional and psychological health and developed a theory driven one-day programme specifically to support teams who work with high levels of stress and emotional demands. \nThe Serenity Retreat brings together evidence based tools in a shared learning environment that includes mindfulness\, emotional and cognitive processing\, emotional literacy and wellbeing practices. It isn’t just the tools- we also aim to bring people together in a beautiful\, natural environment with the spaciousness to develop meaningful connection with colleagues and others who work under similar pressures and circumstances. \nThe Serenity Retreat is led by highly experienced professionals: Mireille Herbert Hayden\, Chartered Health Psychologist and Jeremy Lokeshvara Bristol\, Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator and Retreat Leader. \nInvestment per person (includes lunch) Grant Funded NHS/Charity/CIC Rate £85 (usually £150) \nGrant Funded Early Bird £55 (available until 31st May) \nPublic/Private Sector £230 \nReserve your placeBristol Retreat June 2026Reserve your place \nFirst name *Last name *Job Title *NHS band *Organisation you work for? *Email address *Phone number *Will your place be self funded or employer funded? *Self FundedEmployer FundedDo you need an invoice to request payment for your place *YesNoInvoice detailsDietary requirements?AOB?I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy.Please check here to join our mailing list (to receive information about our Events\, Training and other services).\n				\n																								\n						\n						\n															\n				SubmitThank you for your message. It has been sent.×There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.×
URL:https://www.gentledusk.org.uk/event/bristol-serenity-retreat/
LOCATION:Ham Green House\, Chapel Pill Lane\, Ham Green\, Pill\, Bristol\, BS20 0HH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Loss\, Grief and Bereavement
DESCRIPTION:Facing the loss of someone we love is a very painful experience. As professionals in end of life care we will be faced with the grief of others (as well as our own). Creating more understanding about grief is an important part of helping the healing process. This half day workshop on Understanding Loss\, Grief and Bereavement will help you understand the impact of grief\, the current theoretical approaches to loss and gain insight into the diversity of experiences in relation to bereavement including resilience and vulnerability factors. \nThis training is available to professionals only.\nPlaces are free but limited to 20 people for each session.
URL:https://www.gentledusk.org.uk/event/loss-grief-and-bereavement/
LOCATION:Memorial Woodlands\, Earthcott Green Road\, Near Thornbury\, Bristol\, BS35 3TA
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