Putting Community at the Heart of the Hospice Movement

Our recent Webinar with Cormac Russell was an opportunity to present and discuss our learnings on the importance of putting Community at the Heart of the Hospice Movement.

The event was facilitated by Cormac and Craig Duncan from Hospice UK opened the Webinar. Presentations from Irene, Susan High, Mandy Malcomson and Tamsin Ferrier (a Denny resident who was involved in #DennyPoppies).

Watch the Webinar: Webinar

Putting the Community at the Heart of the Hospice Movement: Read the online Evaluation Report: Evaluation Report

If you would like a hard copy of the Evaluation Report please email [email protected].

We kindly ask for payment of postage. Thank you.

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