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Taking Steps (Community Ed)

Community Outreach & Education

Brattleboro Area Hospice is a community resource on issues of death, dying and grieving. We provide free training and education, a lending library that is open to the public, as well as speakers and other supportive resources to help respond to the needs of anyone in the area who might benefit from our services – agencies, organizations, businesses and individuals.

Our twenty-four hour hospice care training and twenty-hour bereavement training is open to the community. We also provide various classes and workshops throughout the year and continuing education to hospice care volunteers through in-service trainings. Volunteer team trainings and specialized individual volunteer instruction is offered on an as-needed basis.

Please click here for information on upcoming trainings, classes and workshops or contact us at 802-257-0775 or info@brattleborohospice.org.

Our Death Cafes get people thinking and engaging. After attending a Death Café, when asked to report any change in comfort level when thinking and talking about death, attendees responded:
50% of participants reported an increased level of comfort.
71% of participants said they thought they would think more deliberately about what they wanted at the end of their life.
67% of participants said they thought they’d be more likely to have a conversation with a friend or loved one about what they want at the end of their life.
67% of participants said they thought they’d be more likely to reach out to support friends or loved ones dealing with end of life.