Simple Wisdom Workshops
Our Simple Wisdom Workshops are designed to provide valuable insights and practical tools for anyone seeking to improve their understanding of death and dying, and better equip themselves to have important conversations.
It’s not complicated, it’s Simple Wisdom.
Simple Wisdom Workshop
This workshop is designed to offer valuable insights and practical tools for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of death and dying, while also gaining the confidence to have meaningful conversations on the topic.
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the basic physical and emotional changes that occur when someone is approaching death.
- Recognise how the five senses are affected during this time.
- Communicate confidently with someone who has received a terminal diagnosis, is caring for someone who is dying, or has experienced a loss.
- Understand grief and anticipatory grief.
- Recognise their own stress levels and learn how to build resilience.
Who is it for?
Individuals, charity and company teams who are looking to broaden their knowledge base with some ‘simple wisdom’ about life’s most inevitable reality.
Key Information
- Course length: 3 hours, plus support following the session, if required.
- Virtual: Microphone and webcam required for attendees
- In person It may be possible for us to deliver this course in person.
- Max attendees: 20
- Cost for Individuals: £50 per person (info about how/where to book?)
- Cost for Companies: from £60 per person*
- Cost for Charities: from £40 per person*
- Course materials: We will provide resources following the workshop for you or your team to refer back to, and a certificate of completion for each attendee.
*NB all workshops are priced on delivery to 20 attendees
Both in person and virtual workshops are interactive and discussion-based, offering you the opportunity to ask questions and explore the topic as it relates to their specific roles.
Simple Wisdom at Work
These workshops will equip managers and HR teams with the tools, techniques and knowledge they need to offer supportive and timely support.
Following the session, they will be able to:
- Communicate confidently with someone who has had a terminal diagnosis, is caring for someone who is dying or has experienced loss.
- Understand grief and anticipatory grief.
- Understand the basic physical and emotional changes that occur as someone approaches the end of their life.
- Gain a clear understanding of HR procedures relating to death and dying, and become familiar with relevant resources offering support.
Who is it for?
Are you looking to develop your people managers by giving them with the skills they need to offer compassionate support to their colleagues? If so, this course is for you.
They'll gain valuable insight into how to assist someone who is coping with a terminal diagnosis, a recent sudden or expected loss of someone close to them, or anticipatory grief. They will learn how to navigate workplace challenges around grief and loss and build the confidence to handle sensitive situations while truly making a difference for those they manage and work with.
Key Information
- Course length: 2 hours, plus support following the session, if required.
- Virtual: Microphone and webcam required for attendees
- In person It may be possible for us to deliver this course in person.
- Max attendees: 20
- Cost for Companies: from £60 per person*
- Cost for Charities: from £40 per person*
- Course materials: We will provide resources following the workshop for yourteam to refer back to, and a certificate of completion for each attendee.
*NB all workshops are priced on delivery to a team of 20 colleagues
Both in person and virtual workshops are interactive and discussion-based, offering you the opportunity to ask questions and explore the topic as it relates to their specific roles.
The need for Simple Wisdom Workshops
59%
of people feel society doesn’t talk enough about death and dying.
22 Days
is the average length of time people experiencing intense grief take off work within the first six months.
57%
of employees have experienced bereavement in the past five years.
70%
of people feel uncomfortable talking about death.
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What people have to say
"Thank you for delivering your fantastic workshop. It’s so important to start the conversation about death and dying. It is possible to have a good death and so important for loved ones. When my mother died recently, I remembered what I had learnt at your workshop about making the dying person more comfortable. I had the confidence to take in her favourite scent and played her favourite music, filling the hospital room with comfort and love."
"The high quality of the training has enabled and equipped colleagues to feel more confident and informed in supporting people nearing the end of their life. The impact has developed colleagues both professionally and personally, with their health and wellbeing, both at home and within the workplace. Recently a new inductee, who is also a health professional, stated how fantastic your work is and the value of it is immeasurable."
Frequently Asked Questions
A charity working to help people receive the support, companionship and comfort they need at the end of their life.
Far too many people face the end of life in isolation. In England alone, we estimate that over 35,000 individuals die each year in hospitals without the comfort of a single visitor.
Tens of thousands more are struggling with the fear, silence and ignorance that surrounds death and dying.
Death and dying is universal to life and living, despite the pain and loss it brings.
We aim to help improve people’s experience of death through compassion, companionship and education, by:
- Helping healthcare organisations to build teams of trained volunteers who give their time to people who are dying, and those close them
- Educating and encouraging people to better understand death and dying
- Bringing fresh thinking to the inevitability of mortality in a way that fosters new thinking and breaks conventional taboos
Nobody Deserves to Die Alone
Everyone deserves companionship and a hand to hold in the last days and hours of their life
Death is a part of life
Despite the pain, challenges, and loss it entails, death and dying are integral and universal aspects of life and living
Relearning Death
Death has become medicalised, marginalised and hidden, which hinders the needs of the dying