Are you passionate about creating new conversations around the value of nursing in end of life care? Would you like to share your dreams and progress with others who are committed to developing their own practice? Be the nurse you have always aspired to be!
We are delighted to announce a brand new one-year membership programme, starting in April 2022, which will weave together inspiration, learning and connections amongst all nurses interested in making a real difference to people facing the end of life.
“Great mix of speakers – making me think about our practice and how patient-centred it really is – great tools to share with the team – great discussions. There’s been a gap in nursing practice I’m not sure we knew existed and it’s really helping me to champion nursing”.
Evelyn Prodger, Clinical Services Director, St Michael’s Hospice, Hastings and Rother
with expert speakers from around the world
We’ll host regular webinars and create bitesize learning resources with expert speakers from around the world, through which you’ll have the chance to ask questions and learn directly from people with specialised experience and expertise.
All sessions will be made available to watch on-demand, with additional on-line discussion groups for those who can’t make the live streams.
to share ideas and inspiration with other nurses
Enjoy conversations and catch-ups with other nurses who want to advance the profession or their practice.
Share ideas, receive encouragement, and be inspired by what others are doing online and face-to-face in our brand-new St Christopher’s Centre for Awareness and Response to End of life (CARE).
to support self-reflection and build on best practice
Access a range of digital tools designed to support self-reflection, shape wider organisational learning and implement personal development plans, as well as build on best practice for guiding team discussions and patient care reviews.
learn at your own pace, in your own home, when it suits you
Access anywhere, anytime – learn at your own pace, in your own home, and at a time that suits you best. Shape your training around existing commitments and engage with us whenever works for you.
Sessions are from 3.30pm to 5pm
| Date | Duration | Event |
| Wednesday 6 April 2022 | 3.30-4.30pm BST (GMT+1) | Welcome to the Lantern Model Overview of the offer, the schedule and how we will work together and connect |
| Wednesday 20 April 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Webinar one The language of nursing: reclaiming the language and values of nursing care |
| Tuesday 17 May 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Community of Practice Forum one Introduction to the Lantern Model and the tools |
| Wednesday 8 June 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Webinar two The nurse as coach |
| Tuesday 12 July 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Community of Practice Forum two |
| Tuesday 20 July 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Webinar three Saying goodbye |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Community of Practice Forum three |
| Tuesday 6 September 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Community of Practice Forum four |
| Tuesday 11 October 2022 | 3.30-5pm BST (GMT+1) | Webinar four The truth of working in a multiprofessional team |
| Thursday 10 November 2022 | 3.30-5pm GMT | Community of Practice Forum five |
| Tuesday 6 December 2022 | 3.30-5pm GMT | Webinar five Topic to be agreed with Community of Practice |
| Tuesday 10 January 2023 | 3.30-5pm GMT | Community of Practice Forum six |
| Wednesday 8 February 2023 | 3.30-5pm GMT | Webinar six Topic to be agreed with Community of Practice |
| Tuesday 7 March 2023 | 3.30-5pm GMT | Community of Practice Forum seven Final forum: celebrating success for self and practice |
Prompted by the opportunities derived by the Year of the Nurse and Midwife in 2020, St Christopher’s nurses Heather Richardson and Marie Cooper set out to devise a new contemporary model for palliative and end of life care nursing.
The Lantern Model articulates the unique, vital and skilled role of nurses caring for people who are dying or bereaved – and, by highlighting their contribution, makes the case for increased investment in their recruitment, development and retention.
The model is underpinned by a variety of evidence including patient and family views, observation of practice and a review of academic literature. It has been generated through extended discussion and engagement with senior nurses with a broad range of nursing experience at the end of life.
The Lantern Model is made possible with the generous support of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and the Burdett Trust for Nursing.
If you have any questions about this or any of our other courses, please contact the Education team who will be happy to help
At St Christopher's, a registered charity, it is important for us to maximise any surpluses to reinvest in the objectives of the charity.
Unfortunately, the manner in which we undertake our training currently means we are not able to invest as much of our surplus as possible, therefore from the 1 December 2017, St Christopher’s Education Centre will charge VAT at the standard rate on our training courses, the reason for this change in pricing is twofold:
i) We want to be able to reinvest any surpluses made from training back into all of our charitable objectives rather than only Education
ii) We want to be able to reclaim the VAT on costs relating to developing and running the training courses