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Update for members December 2025
It’s been some time since we last updated you as members and I wanted to share the current progress of the winding down of the Association following the decision made by the membership earlier this year. We are in the final stage of formalities and expect the last few steps to be made in the next few weeks.
At the recent annual conference of the College of Health Care Chaplains the new Hospice and Palliative Care Forum was welcomed into the College. Our existing executive committee members will become the Forum Task Group members until the AGM of the Forum, which will take place during the CHCC Annual Conference next year. This makes the following people members of the Forum Task Group: Gary Windon (chair), Carol Gully (secretary), Lucyann Ashdown, Moorin Babawale, Tim Leeson, Martin McGonigle, Ali Pandian, Nicholas Roddis and John Wonnacott.
The Forum itself now has a place on the CHCC website here Hospice and Palliative Care Forum – College of Health Care Chaplains. We have retained the minimum we think is still relevant from the Association website, including all the material we have from previous conferences.
An Open Forum is planned for January 19th which will focus on the Assisted Dying Bill and will feature a presentation on both sides of the arguments made by two hospice doctors. Karen Murphy will also give a presentation on spiritual care conversations. Following on from this, there will be two Open Forums in February which will provide an update on the progress of the Bill and give an opportunity for discussion on this topic. We will also use one of these February Open Forums to formally say goodbye to the Association.
If you would like to be notified of the activities of the Forum please email hpcf@healthcarechaplains.org and we will add you to the new email circulation list. You will then receive invitations to the Open Forums, including the virtual meeting links. We will be also circulating a note to the existing CHCC membership to inform them of the new forum and asking any members who wish to be on the mailing list to let us know via the same email address.
This brings me onto an important point. Our existing regional groups will keep running and both the regional groups and the Open Forums are opening to any chaplain with an interest in palliative care – you will not need to be a member of CHCC to be on the mailing list or to attend an Open Forum. Clearly, we would encourage you to become a member of the CHCC to benefit from everything the College has to offer. Benefits include free access to the journal, Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, cheaper fees for attending the annual conference and professional advice in relation to employment issues. For more information on joining the CHCC see this page on our website Become a Member – College of Health Care Chaplains and when you look at subscription rates don’t forget to look at the special rates section if you are retired, unpaid or on low pay.
Gary Windon hpcf@healthcarechaplains.org
Chaplaincy Forum
The chaplaincy forum met on the 4th November. To read about points discussed in the meeting, please refer to our UKBHC and other Organisations page.
25th European Bioethics Course: ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’
IQ Health are running a 4-day course in Nijmegen (Netherlands) exploring the issues of palliative care and medically assisted death, philosophical, theological and medical reflections on the concepts of death and suffering. For more information and a booking link, please see our Training Events and Conferences page.
Hospice UK: ‘Coping with Professional Grief’
People working in hospitals, hospices, care homes and other care settings often experience the deaths of patients and residents where they work, but this doesn’t mean each death is easier to cope with. Hospice UK’s Compassionate Employers team are running our next Coping with Professional Grief workshop on Wednesday 14 January 2026. The practical and interactive workshop is recommended for all professionals working in health and social care, and their managers.
Tickets are just £120 + VAT per person.
Find out more and book your place: https://www.hospiceuk.org/coping-professional-grief-workshop-september
Monthly Online Living Room
Leti Hawthorn is hosting an informal monthly meeting for chaplains.
For more information, or to sign up, please email secretary@ahpcc.org.uk.
‘Thought for the day’ from Tom Gordon
Tom Gordon was the president of the AHPCC for some years, and has published several books since retiring. He has also continued to produce a daily thought every day since March 2020.
You can find Tom’s thought for today, and for previous days, here
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