No Conversation Too Tough – Ruth Strauss Foundation

Course Aims:

Supporting parents to prepare their children for parental death.

Are you a cancer or palliative care nurse or a healthcare professional working in cancer care? Would you like to feel more confident talking to patients with incurable cancer about their children?

Target Audience: Cancer or palliative care nurse or a healthcare professional working in cancer care

Date & Time:

Thursday 8 October 2026

Duration: The course consists of pre-course eLearning and a one-day interactive workshop.

Course Content:

Preparing children for parental death can be one of the most challenging experiences parents will face. Children who are given information and support when they need it, say they feel more included and better prepared for the death of their parents.

The training programme is delivered by highly experienced facilitators from clinical or children and family bereavement backgrounds

Number of Places Available: 15 places

Cost: Free (excluding any car parking charges)

For more information/ to book: call 0151 334 2778 or email education@wirralhospice.org

Venue & Location: Wirral Hospice St John’s, Mount Road, Higher Bebington, Wirral CH63 6JE

Course Feedback

‘Trainers were excellent, knowledgeable, helpful and made the course interesting. Best course I’ve been on. Super user friendly training day, I felt very comfortable. Lots of interaction with opportunity to get to know my hospice colleagues.’ Maddie, Social Worker.

‘Really enjoyed this course. Learnt, cried, laughed, befriended and developed.’ Marie, RGN.

Conference poster presented at Hospice UK’s Nov 2025 conference in Liverpool
PDF: Empowering parents with incurable cancer to speak with their children about death and dying
Please contact Annemarie Robertswood, children’s & young persons practitioner, at annemarier@wirralhospice.org if you have any questions, thank you.