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Free Educational Webinars
Our Monthly Webinars
We host regular, free and informal webinars about a wide range of subjects relating to death, dying and bereavement. We are grateful to our guest speakers who give their time generously to allow open and informative conversations to be free to everyone who would like to attend. We also host an array of other educational events and workshops.
Our regular webinars are held at 11am on the second Thursday of the month and last for approximately one hour. Participants are encouraged to ask questions, engage with the material and speak openly and honestly about funerals, death and dying. You will find a list of our upcoming webinars on our Eventbrite Collection page – which we would encourage you to follow so you are notified about new webinars. Webinars are recorded with permission of the guest speaker and recordings can be accessed below.
Religious, non-religious and cultural perspectives
In 2025 we created an additional webinar series, to complement our regular webinars. This series provides care homes, community groups, palliative care, and other professionals with a deeper understanding of the diverse spiritual and religious views around death, dying, and funeral practices and what this means for their practice.
They are free, informal and provide an important space to learn and discuss best practice at end-of-life and after death. You can book a free ticket for each webinar on the special Eventbrite Collection on our events page.
Recordings of previous webinars
When possible, we record webinars so that they can be enjoyed by as many people as possible after the event. If you would like to watch or share a previous event in our series then please search below and follow the link to the video, which is usually hosted on the Full Circle Funerals YouTube channel.
Please get in touch if you have any comments or suggestions about our webinars or wider program of educational events.
2026 series
Please click on the title of the webinar to watch the webinar of your choice.
Assisted Dying: An Information Workshop
Took place on Thursday 14th May – Michael Hannah
Understanding Grief’s Energetic Impact on the Body
Took place on Thursday 9th April – Sabine Horner
Took place on Thursday 12th March – Andy Bampton
A Humanist Perspective on end-of-life and Funeral Care
Took place on Thursday 19th February 2026 – Hannah McKerchar
The Role of Spirituality in Paediatric Palliative Care
Took place on Tuesday 13th January 2026 – Saarah Hamayun
2025 series
Please click on the title of the webinar to watch the webinar of your choice.
Contested Wills & Probate Disputes: What do you need to know?
Took place on Thursday 13th November 2025 – Carrie King
A Jewish Perspective on End-of-Life and Funeral Care
Took place on Tuesday 11th November 2025 – Janine Field
The Impact of Culture on End-of-Life Care and Funeral Practice
Took place on Tuesday 14th October 2025 – Father Gavin Landers
A Catholic Perspective on End-of-Life and Funeral Care
Took place on Tuesday 9th September 2025 – Father Gavin Landers
Took place on Thursday 10th July 2025 – Ash Hayhurst
Assisted Dying – An Information Workshop
Took place on Thursday 12th June 2025 – Michael Hannah
A Humanist Perspective on end-of-life and funeral care
Took place on Tuesday 10th June 2025 – Hannah McKerchar
Took place on Thursday 10th April 2025 – Annette Clark
End-of-Life and Funeral Care- a Healthcare Chaplaincy Team Perspective
Took place on Tuesday 8th April 2025 – Liz Maitland & Mohammed Latif-Mir
Finding Our Way Together: Promoting Well-Being After Loss
Took place on Thursday 13th March 2025 – Ruth Owen
Food for Thought and Healing: The Mind-Body Connection in Grief
Took place on Thursday 13th February 2025 – Sabine Horner
Raising a Hue and a Cry: What on earth is a Coroner and what do they do?
Took place on Thursday 9th January 2025 – Michelle Clayford
2024 series
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Dementia Friends Training: Become a Dementia Friend
Took place on Thursday 12th December 2024 – Ruth Owen
Understanding disputes around control of the body after death & ashes
Took place on Thursday 14th November 2024 – Nicola Phillipson & Julia Burns
How can a Soul Midwife support wellbeing towards the end of life?
Took place on Thursday 10th October 2024 – Jude Meryl
Finding Our Way Together: Promoting Well-being After Loss
Took place on Thursday 8th August 2024 – Ruth Owen
Took place on Thursday 11th July 2024 – Ash Hayhurst
What to expect when someone is dying
Took place on Thursday 13th June 2024 – Annette Clark
Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity in Bereavement and Grief
Took place on Thursday 11th April 2024 – Clem Pabion
Finding Our Way Together: Promoting Well-Being After Loss
Took place on Thursday 14th March 2024 – Ruth Owen
The Power of Good Nutrition and Digestion when we are Grieving
Took place on Thursday 8th February 2024 – Sabine Horner
2023 series
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How do I create a greener funeral?
Took place on Thursday 14th December 2023 – Sarah Jones
Suicide Bereavement – How do we support ourselves and others?
Took place on Thursday 9th November 2023 – Lisa Bourne & Roz Doherty
Took place on Thursday 12th October 2023 – Ruth Owen
The power of good nutrition and digestion when we are grieving
Took place on Thursday 11th May 2023 – Sabine Horner
Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity in Bereavement and Grief
Took place on Thursday 13th April 2023 – Clem Pabion
Supporting Employees After Bereavement
Took place on Thursday 9th March 2023 – Jo Tindall Gunnercooke
Took place on Thursday 9th February 2023 – Ansa E Ahmed (Founder & CEO HOPE Support Services)
Community End of Life Care – principles and practice before and after death
Took place on Thursday 12th January 2023 – Belinda Marks
2022 series
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Took place on Thursday 8th December 2022 – Ruth Owen
A Legal and Practical Guide to Ashes Disputes
Took place on Friday 14th October 2022 – Nicola Phillipson & Julia Burns
Took place on Friday 15th July 2022 – Sarah Jones (Founder, Full Circle Funerals)
Working with the body in grief
Took place on Friday 13th May 2022 – guest speakers Dave Hill PhD, M(Chiro), Chiropractor and Jane Wood BSc (hons) Acupuncture
Exploring humanist pastoral care
Took place on Friday 8th April 2022 – guest speaker Joanna Mutlow (Funeral Celebrant & NHS Pastoral Care Practitioner)
Took place on Friday 11th March 2022 – guest speakers – Jude Meryl and Helen Latham (Soul Midwives and TLC (Tender Loving Care) Trainers)
A legal and practical guide to funeral disputes
Took place on Friday 11th February 2022 – guest speaker – Julia Burns: Mediator and Conflict Coach & Nicola Phillipson TEP (Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers Author of A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Control of the Body after Death).
2021 series
How can we support wellbeing after bereavement?
Took place on Friday 10th December 2021 – David Billington and Ruth Owen (Funeral Directors, Full Circle Funerals)
Took place on Thursday 15th October 2021 – guest speaker – Heather Cooper
Took place on Friday 10th September 2021 – guest speaker – JK McCreight
Took place on Friday 13th August 2021 – guest speaker – Sabine Horner
Green funeral choices (including Resomation)
Took place on Friday 11th June 2021 – Ruth Owen (Funeral Director, Full Circle Funerals) and Howard Pickard (Resomation UK).
“I am a mum of four but only two walk beside me”
Took place on Friday 14th May 2021 – Guest Speaker – Natalie Dimelow. This webinar is not available on YouTube.
Took place on Friday 9th April 2021 – Guest Speaker – Anna May
Took place on Friday 12th March 2021 – Guest Speaker – Lorna Donaghy from Lippy People
Took place on Friday 12th February 2021 Guest speaker – Jane Keogh
Took place on Friday 15th January 2021 at 11am – Various Guest Speakers
2020 series
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Took place on Friday 9th October 2020 11am – David Billington (Independent Funeral Director)
Took place on Friday 11th September 2020 11am – Guest speaker – Heather Cooper (Good Grief Guiseley)
Took place on Friday 10th July 2020 11am – Andrew Atkins (Independent Funeral Director)
Funeral Experts by Experience – what matters to them?
Took place on Friday 12th June 2020 11am – Sarah Jones (Full Circle Funerals)
“The webinars I have been invited to join by Sarah at Full Circle have been very well thought out and both well marketed and delivered, resulting in a wide and varied interaction between members of the public and industry professionals. Their length and content has been excellent you could see from the screen that those listening were kept both engaged and informed, Highly recommended.”
Frank Meilack – Community Engagement Director Memoria Limited
‘”The webinar was really insightful and informative. The Webinars are a great opportunity to learn about what work is being done in our community to support bereavement, and a great way to connect with others.”
Lorna Donaghy, Projects Manager at Lippy People
