Welcome to the Members' Area

Keep up to date

As a member, you will receive:

• Our e-bulletin which highlights the main developments and recent news affecting children’s palliative care.
• Our bi-monthly Care Exchange email newsletter for front-line care staff – exclusive to members – to hear about upcoming events, job opportunities, new resources and good practice.
• Synopsis – our twice-yearly compendium of children’s palliative care research abstracts.
• Together for families – our quarterly newsletter for families featuring up to date information about services, government policy, family stories and the latest news from Together for Short Lives (available both by email, or printed copies for families you work with).
• You can also subscribe to our monthly Leaders’ Briefings for updates on our campaigns, opportunities to help shape children’s palliative care policy, upcoming events and a round-up of parliamentary business. We will also send you ad hoc briefings and alerts on public affairs and policy issues.

Network and share

We run free masterclasses and webinars for members as well as conferences. These are a great chance to meet up, update each other and share learning.

Our Leaders of Care events bring together senior clinical staff from across the sector to hear about the latest developments and discuss good practice in children’s palliative care.

We also hold regular summits to bring together the chairs of the UK’s children’s palliative care networks.

Keep an eye on the events section of our website or in our email newsletters.

Publications

We produce a range of publications for professionals, including our Care Pathways for babies, children and young people in transition. These are all available in the professional resources section on our website. It’s also work checking our Member Resource Library where our members can share policies, research and expertise from their own services.

Research

We are often approached by researchers and academics looking for children, young people, families and professionals to take part in research. We are more than happy to share appropriate requests with our stakeholders. If you wish to explore whether we can help you to recruit subjects for your research project, email us to tell us more about your requirements.

Information and support for families

We provide a helpline and email information service for families, a range of publications and a service that provides free advocacy support from a volunteer legal professional for families who have particular issues with care packages or housing for example. Let us know if you would like some posters or flyers with the helpline details.

Get in touch to find out more or follow the links below.

• Events and training
• Job vacancies

As the leading UK charity that – with our members – speaks out for children and young people who are expected to have short lives, we look forward to working with you to secure the best quality of life and best end of life care for this group.

Keep up to date

As a member in a senior leadership role, you will receive:

• Regular email updates from our Chief Executive.
• Our e-bulletin which highlights the main developments and recent news affecting children’s palliative care.
• Our monthly Leaders’ Briefings with updates on our campaigns, opportunities to help shape children’s palliative care policy, upcoming events and a round-up of parliamentary business.
• Synopsis – our twice-yearly compendium of children’s palliative care research abstracts.
• Ad hoc briefings and alerts on public affairs and policy issues.
• Together for families – our quarterly newsletter for families featuring up to date information about services, government policy, family stories and the latest news from Together for Short Lives (available both by email, or printed copies for families you work with).
• You can also choose to receive our bi-monthly Care Exchange email newsletter for front-line care staff – exclusive to members – to hear about upcoming events, job opportunities, new resources and good practice.

Network and share

We run free masterclasses and webinars for members as well as conferences. These are a great chance to meet up, update each other and share learning. Our regular Member Reference Groups also give you the chance to input into our work. Keep an eye on the events section of our website or in our email newsletters.

Get involved in consultations

As a member of Together for Short Lives and a senior leader in the sector, you have an important perspective on children’s palliative care. Help us speak up for children and the palliative care sector.

Research

We are often approached by researchers and academics looking for children, young people, families and professionals to take part in research. We are more than happy to share appropriate requests with our stakeholders. If you wish to explore whether we can help you to recruit subjects for your research project, email us to tell us more about your requirements.

Get in touch to find out more or follow the links below.

• Current Policy Consultations

Keep up to date

As someone who works in a fundraising role at one of our member organisations, you will receive:

• *Our monthly National Fundraising Scheme (NFS) newsletter with all the latest news on our current and prospective corporate partnerships, opportunities for you to get involved, and a spotlight on fundraisers in other organisations.
• Our e-bulletin which highlights the main developments and recent news affecting children’s palliative care.
• Ad hoc briefings and alerts on public affairs and policy issues.
• You can choose to receive our monthly Leaders’ Briefings for updates on our campaigns, opportunities to help shape children’s palliative care policy, upcoming events and a round-up of parliamentary business.

National Fundraising Scheme

Our NFS provides a source of corporate income for both Together for Short Lives and our members who provide children’s hospice services. Get in touch if you have any questions about how the NFS works, and how you can help your organisation benefit from this scheme (subject to eligibility).

Network and share

We have set up two advisory groups for members to meet and inform our fundraising work. Find out more and see how you can get involved in these groups below.

• Our Corporate Fundraising Advisory Group shapes and drives forward the NFS.
• Our Strategic Fundraising Advisory Group develops activity and initiatives to drive income growth across the sector.

Get in touch to find out more.

• Resources for fundraisers
• Information about the NFS

Keep up to date

As someone who works in a communications or marketing role at one of our member organisations, you will receive:

• Our e-bulletin which highlights the main developments and recent news affecting children’s palliative care.
• Ad hoc briefings and alerts on public affairs and policy issues.
• Together for families – our tri-annual newsletter for families featuring up to date information about services, government policy, family stories and the latest news from Together for Short Lives (available both by email, or printed copies for families you work with).
• You can choose to receive our monthly Leaders’ Briefings for updates on our campaigns, opportunities to help shape children’s palliative care policy, upcoming events and a round-up of parliamentary business.

Network and share

We run free communications webinars for members on different themes with time for a Q&A and discussion session.. As well as hopefully providing you with some helpful ideas to take away, they’re also a great chance to ask for advice and share learning. Check our events page for details about upcoming events.

You can access recordings of past comms webinars in our Member Knowledge Hub.

Engage

Make sure you follow Together for Short Lives on Twitter and Facebook. When appropriate, We interact with and promote our members’ campaigns through social media. You can also subscribe to our member list on Twitter to see what our other members are tweeting about.

Resources

Our Member Knowledge Hub contains many useful documents for communications and marketing professionals including examples of policies shared by our members and notes and presentations from our masterclasses.

Get in touch to find out more or follow the links below.

• Resources for comms professionals
• Our Current Campaigns

Keep up to date

As someone who works in a finance role at one of our member organisations, you will receive:

• Our e-bulletin which highlights the main developments and recent news affecting children’s palliative care.
• Our monthly Leaders’ Briefings with updates on our campaigns, opportunities to help shape children’s palliative care policy, upcoming events and a round-up of parliamentary business.
• Ad hoc briefings and alerts on public affairs and policy issues.

Network and share

We hold regular Finance Directors’ forums for our charity members to share information and best practice on developing issues. Check our events page for details about upcoming forums.

Finance Directors from children’s hospice services are also invited to take part in an annual hospice costs benchmarking exercise. Those involved in the project are invited to discuss the findings in a closed session at the end of each forum meeting.

Resources

Our member resources library contains many useful documents for children’s palliative care sector finance professionals including examples of policies shared by our members and notes and presentations from past Finance Director’s forums.

If you’d like to attend the next forum, or would like to find out more about the hospice costs benchmarking survey, email Richard Carling, Director of Finance and Resources at Together for Short Lives.

• Resources for Finance Professionals

Keep up to date

As someone who works in a human resources role at one of our member organisations, you will receive:

• Our e-bulletin which highlights the main developments and recent news affecting children’s palliative care, and links to the jobs page on our website.
• Our monthly Leaders’ Briefings with updates on our campaigns, opportunities to help shape children’s palliative care policy, upcoming events and a round-up of parliamentary business.
• Ad hoc briefings and alerts on public affairs and policy issues.

Network and share

You can also use a simple form in the members’ area to upload details of job vacancies in your organisation. We will then promote these vacancies to professionals throughout the sector via our website and bulletins.

We run an annual survey (February) for all our voluntary sector member organisations looking at the salary uplifts being offered, and we share the results with those who took part. If you would like to know more about this, please email Richard Carling, Director of Finance and Resources at Together for Short Lives.

Resources

You can find plenty of useful resources for HR managers in our member resource library, including examples of policies and HR strategies from our other members on issues including disciplinary/grievance, whistleblowing, social media, absence management and more…

We have also developed a suite of resources on workforce development and planning which are available through our member resource library.

Get in touch to find out more or follow the links below.

• Post a job ad
• Resources for HR professionals

Keep up to date

As someone who works in a volunteer management role at one of our member organisations, you will receive:

• Our e-bulletin which highlights the main developments and recent news affecting children’s palliative care, and links to the jobs page on our website.
• Our bi-monthly Care Exchange email newsletter for front-line care staff – exclusive to members – to hear about upcoming events, job opportunities, new resources and good practice
• Ad hoc briefings and alerts on public affairs and policy issues.

Network and share

Every year, we hold two free forums for volunteer managers in our member organisations. These are a good opportunity to meet colleagues from the sector and exchange knowledge and best practice around all aspects of volunteer management.

Resources

Check our member resources library for useful resources for volunteer managers, including example policies and role descriptions, as well as notes and presentations from past Volunteer Manager forums. You should also find our Developing Volunteer Services hub useful if you are interested in involving volunteers in providing support to children and families.

Get in touch to find out more or follow the links below.

• Resources for volunteer managers
• Developing Volunteer Services hub