Bereavement in the Workplace
Sands’ workplace training and toolkits help employers build a compassionate and supportive work environment.
Training offers support for both bereaved colleagues and managers.
Why take part in Sands' Bereavement in the Workplace training?
Build a supportive work environment
When workplaces empower, encourage and support bereaved colleagues, their mental and physical wellbeing is improved, and they can thrive and remain productive as they grieve.
Our training is designed to help managers and colleagues understand pregnancy and baby loss, find the words to support bereaved staff and navigate relevant employment law.
The toolkits include a template pregnancy loss and baby death HR policy which can be adapted to fit the needs of your organisation and various template correspondence that can be used in a variety of circumstances.
Bereavement in the Workplace training
Sands delivers training and specialist guidance to help you navigate employment laws and obligations, understand and implement best practice, and support your HR and People Wellbeing policies. We are here to help you get it right. We offer a tailored blend of live webinars, online learning modules and digital toolkits to deliver training relevant to your business and culture.
A live online training webinar
- 90-minute CPD-certified webinar for HR leaders and line managers;
Building a supportive workplace
- 60-minute webinar for all staff;
Supporting a bereaved colleague and yourself
Online learning modules
- Provided in both a 30-minute format or 3 learning modules
Permission to use Sands’ training logo as a sign of investment in staff wellbeing
HR toolkits
Including template HR policy, guidance materials for managers and colleagues
Access to Sands’ support services and accredited helpline
A free confidential and non-judgmental emotional support and information service for all staff.
Sands consultancy services
A live online training webinar
A 60 minute training webinar for line managers or colleagues, facilitated live by a specialist bereavement trainer. This is an opportunity to learn about the nature of grief in the workplace, how to create a supportive environment and implement best practice in HR policy and procedure. There are two modules to choose from:Building a bereavement supportive workplace – Training for leaders, HR staff and line managers Or Supporting and working with a bereaved colleague – Training for managers and colleagues
A pre-recorded educational film
A 30 minute educational film which can be shared with HR managers, line managers and colleagues. This film looks at grief in the workplace with a specific focus on baby loss and how to support bereaved parents.
A HR toolkit, which includes
Supporting and working with a bereaved colleague – a written bereavement guide for managers and colleagues
Bereavement Support Booklet – a written resource for bereaved employees with details of support and guidance
Building a bereavement supportive workplace – a written guide for HR professionals with best practice for bereavement
Template emails and letters for use by managers and HR professionals, to sensitively correspond with bereaved staff and their colleagues
Access to Sands support services and helpline
Sands support services are available for bereaved staff, their managers and colleagues. We can offer a bereavement support listening service or provide practical guidance on how best to support a colleague.
Permission to use Sands logo as a sign of investment in staff wellbeing
£450 per year
Sands consultancy services
- Employers toolkit with advice, guidance and template emails
- Returning to work guide that can be given to newly bereaved colleagues
- Access to Sands channels of support
- Permission to use Sands logo as a sign of investment in staff wellbeing
£200 per hour
Sands consultancy services
Employers toolkit with advice, guidance and template emails
- Returning to work guide that can be given to newly bereaved colleagues
- Access to Sands channels of support
- Permission to use Sands logo as a sign of investment in staff wellbeing
£200 per hour
Sands consultancy services
- Employers toolkit with advice, guidance and template emails
- Returning to work guide that can be given to newly bereaved colleagues
- Access to Sands channels of support
- Permission to use Sands logo as a sign of investment in staff wellbeing
£200 per hour
Optional extras
- Additional training webinar
- Customer-facing training module
(to be added to standard webinar above)
- Face-to-face training
Peer Support Webinar
- British Sign Language assisted sessions available on request
Sands consultancy services
Our packages can be tailored to suit the needs of individual organisations.
We also work with employers ensure their HR policy, practice and procedure is appropriate, relevant and sensitive for those bereaved by pregnancy loss or baby death.
£100 per hour
Training for Small Businesses and Charities
Everyone should have access to the best support possible. With thanks to funding from the Department of Health and Social Care and from our generous supporters, Sands is able to offer free training to small and medium sized businesses (less than 250 employees)*. As many colleagues from your organisation are welcome to join our CPD-certified open access SME Training Session. For your free places, please register here.
*Places are limited and operate on a first-come basis. Any personalised or extra training sessions will incur our usual fees.
Bereavement in the Workplace Taster Session
Sands is thrilled to invite you to join us for an introduction to our popular Bereavement in the Workplace Training. The one hour taster session is an opportunity to meet and greet with our expert Sands training team and will explore topics around obligations and entitlements in the workplace, communication guidance and best practice, followed by a Q&A session.
