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Professional development grant programme

Open to all staff at UK member hospices and clinical staff in associate member hospices, professional development grants can be used to attend a wide range of courses, conferences and study days that will contribute to improving the quality of care given to people in need of palliative care and their families.

The programme

Individuals can apply for a maximum of 50% of course or module fees, up to a total of £1,500 per year. This is a significant increase on the amount available in the last financial year, so this is being run as a pilot programme for 12 months to monitor demand.

Professional development grants can be applied for at any time and are awarded on a first come, first served basis throughout the year.

This programme is supported by a variety of funders, each of which place their own restrictions on how their funds can be used. This means that there may not always be funds available to support your particular application. In the event that the budget has been fully allocated, we will be unable to consider further requests for funding.

The programme is administered on a 'fast-track' basis, and we aim to make a decision on an application within one month of receiving it.

Applicants from full member hospices

Professional development grants are available for clinical and non clinical staff working in full UK member hospices of Help the Hospices.

Applications do not need to be match-funded by the employer.

Applicants from associate member hospices

Doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants working in associate member hospices can also apply for funding towards courses specifically focused on palliative.

Matched funding

The grant must be match-funded by the employer. A letter stating how much the employing organisation will be contributing to the course must be sent before an application can be considered.

Further information

For more details on this programme please read:

If you have any problems with the online form and require a paper version of the application form, or if you have any other queries please contact the grants team at Help the Hospices.

Acknowledgements

Wolfson Foundation

The Wolfson Foundation provides significant funding each year towards this grant programme. Wolfson UK bursaries are available to doctors and nurses studying accredited palliative care courses.

National Gardens Scheme

We are grateful for the support of the National Gardens Scheme, a registered charity raising money through the opening of gardens of quality, character and interest to the public, who have donated funds for this programme.

You can find out more about the National Gardens Scheme elsewhere on our website.

In addition a variety of other charitable trusts and foundations, as well as corporate sponsors, also contribute to the professional development grant programme and we thank them for their support.