Lunch and Learn: Supporting Colleagues Through Pet Loss with Compassion

Lunch and Learn: Supporting Colleagues Through Pet Loss with Compassion

Led by the animal charity Blue Cross's Pet Loss Support Team – Experts in Pet Loss for Over 30 Years

Pet loss can have a profound emotional impact—yet it’s often unrecognised in the workplace. Grief over the loss of a beloved animal companion can affect concentration, morale, mental health, and overall well-being. As managers and colleagues, knowing how to respond with compassion makes a real difference.

Join this one-hour Lunch and Learn session, delivered by the Blue Cross Pet Loss Support Team—the UK’s leading experts in pet loss support and training. With over 30 years of experience supporting grieving pet owners and training professionals across health, social care, and corporate settings, the team brings a deep understanding of both emotional needs and workplace realities.

In this session, you’ll gain an intro insight into:

• Awareness of the Workplace Impact: Understand how pet loss can affect employee well-being, productivity, and team dynamics.

• Types of Pet Loss: Insights into the range of pet loss experiences—from bereavement to rehoming—and how each may be experienced differently.

• Practical, Compassionate Tools: Tips on what to say and how to say it, plus key phrases to avoid, when supporting a grieving colleague.

• Supporting Colleagues Well: Guidance on recognising distress and offering meaningful, respectful support.

• Signposting Help: How to share information about the free, confidential Blue Cross Pet Loss Support service with your teams so they can access support quickly.

• Integrating into Wellbeing Programmes: Ideas for including pet loss awareness within your company’s mental health, EAP, and wellbeing initiatives.

Upcoming Dates: June & July

June 18th & 30th

July 2nd

Tickets: £20 per person

Duration: 1 hour

Alternatively, we offer bespoke pet loss support training tailored to your business or organisation. This can be delivered at your place of work or through webinars.

For more information about these custom services, or to discuss your requirements, please call us on 01993 867216 or drop us an email at plstraining@bluecross.org.uk.

Make a Real Difference – For Your Team and Beyond
This training doesn’t just benefit you and your colleagues—it creates a ripple effect of compassion and care.

By learning how to support others through pet loss, you’ll be helping to build a more empathetic, resilient workplace. At the same time, your participation directly supports Blue Cross, with all proceeds reinvested into our vital services—meaning more people and more pets can receive the help they urgently need.

So while you’re gaining valuable skills, you’re also playing a part in something bigger: helping a national charity continue its 30+ years of expert pet loss support and expanding the reach of this often-overlooked care.

Cancellation Policy
Please note: As this is a charity-run session, we are unable to offer refunds for cancellations made within two weeks of the event date. This policy helps us ensure funds go directly to supporting people and pets in need. Thank you for supporting our work.