Having trained Life Biographers on your team offers an invaluable patient-lead service to families and loved ones. Our training is an interactive day long course. We ensure that all of our volunteers are professionally trained.
The course covers the following:
Safeguarding and confidentiality
How to listen and developing emotional awareness
Understanding what makes a good biography
The practicalities and process of recording a story
Supporting the storyteller
The benefits of recording a life story
Lots of practical exercises on building rapport and communication skills
“Many of the people we care for have an end of life illness and for them to record messages and stories, to leave a lasting and precious memory for their loved ones, is immeasurable.”
Jan Scott,
Manager at St Francis Hospice
We’d love to hear from you
If you’re from a
hospice
If you’re
from an
organisation
If you’re a family
member
If you’d like
to tell
your story
If you’re from a
charity
If you’d
like to
volunteer