Caring with Confidence: a new partnership with Dignity

Dignity supports thousands of families every year through funeral, cremation, and planning services. Beyond their core work, they play a vital role in communities, helping to change the way people talk about death and dying. This includes training such as Dispelling the Myths Around Afterlife Care, which help care teams and communities better understand the journey families take after a death.

Now, in partnership with Hospice UK, Dignity is co-delivering a new session tailored specifically for the care sector. Together, we want to build a workforce that leads with compassion, creates space for vulnerability, and encourages honest conversations about death, dying, and grief. 

Caring with Confidence is all about improving how we support residents, families, and staff through grief and bereavement in care settings.

Throughout the year, we’ll be running events, training, and launching new resources to help care teams feel more confident talking about death, dying, and grief. Whether it’s through grief education or reflecting on compassionate leadership, we want to help you feel better equipped to lead with empathy and care, especially during the toughest moments. 

We’ve teamed up with Dignity to create a CPD-accredited two-hour training designed for care home managers and leaders.

Through practical guidance and reflective activities, the training explores:

• How grief shows up in care homes, for staff, residents, and families
• What compassionate leadership means in practice
• How to support everyone after a death – from staff to residents and their families
• How to spot and prevent burnout and compassion fatigue in our teams

We know that many Hospice UK members have strong relationships with their local Dignity funeral providers and care homes. Throughout this partnership, we’ll be looking for opportunities to collaborate locally and create case studies that showcase the impact of this work.

As part of our Dying Matters Campaign, we’re also working with Dignity to help hospices across the UK develop new and creative ways to spark important conversations about death and dying.

Apply for a Dying Matters Community Grant

The deadline for applications is Friday, 5 December 2025 at 17:00. 

Applicants will be informed of the outcome in mid-February 2026. 

Find out more about the grants, and how you can apply, below.

We’ll be sharing updates throughout the year, including new resources and opportunities to get involved. If you’d like to know more about the partnership or explore how your organisation can take part, we’d love to hear from you. 

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