Free training sessions on how to provide support at end of life available across Derbyshire
End of life care teams at organisations across Derby and Derbyshire are now offering free, supportive, compassionate sessions to support those with loved ones who are approaching their final days.
The ‘Last Days Matter’ workshops cover a range of topics to help prepare you for what to expect when caring for someone, but also how to manage your own emotions and grief and how to plan for what comes after the death of a loved one.
The sessions are open to anyone, including carers and healthcare professionals to support a richness in conversation, and help support everyone in their personal and professional lives to ensure conversations about end of life care and what comes after across Derbyshire are more meaningful for all involved.
After originally starting at Blythe House Hospice in Chapel-en-le-Frith, sessions are now being made more widely available at providers across Derby and Derbyshire, including Ashgate Hospice in Chesterfield, Treetops Hospice in Risley and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in Derby.
Derbyshire Carers Association, the care support agency for unpaid carers, is also offering sessions to adult carers. These tailored sessions aim to give attendees with the skills and confidence to support carers in managing the practical, physical, and emotional impact of caregiving.
Each session is led by a trained facilitator who will guide a small group through a three-hour session which will feature some short films followed by a facilitated discussion, covering topics including:
- Planning for the future
- To care and accompany
- Saying goodbye
- Understanding and recognising that someone is dying
- The ‘new normal’
Healthcare colleagues across Derbyshire can also attend a session focused on their needs on Tuesday 2 December from 9.30am at Royal Derby Hospital. Find out more and book your place here.
Sessions will be taking place on the dates below at each of the providers listed. You can find out more by contacting the teams listed.
Ashgate Hospice: Ashgate Road, Old Brampton, Chesterfield, S42 7JD
- Monday 19 January 2026
- Monday 23 February 2026
For further information or to book, email: education@ashgatehospice.org.uk or visit the Ashgate Hospice website
Blythe House Hospice, Eccles Fold, Chapel-en-le-Frith, SK23 9TJ:
- Thursday 15 January 2026
- Thursday 26 February 2026
- Wednesday 25 March 2026
- Thursday 23 April 2026
- Thursday 14 May 2026
- Thursday 18 June 2026
- Wednesday 22 July 2026
- Thursday 17 September 2026
- Thursday 22 October 2026
- Thursday 26 November 2026
For further information or to book, email: sarah.sewell@blythehouse.co.uk, or visit: the Blythe House Hospice website
Derbyshire Carers Association: 3 Park Road, Ripley, DE5 3EF
Sessions for Adult Carers. Dates to be confirmed.
For further information please contact: 01773 833833 or email: info@derbyshirecarers.co.uk
Treetops Hospice: Derby Road, Risley, DE72 3SS
- Friday 9 January 2026
- Friday 27 February 2026
- Friday 10 April 2026
- Tuesday 19 May 2026
For further information or to book, email: education@treetopshospice.org.uk or visit the Treetops Hospice website.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust: Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE
Sessions will be launched in 2026. You can submit your interest in the sessions online here.
For further information, email: uhdb.eolctraining@nhs.net.