A consistent, listening presence in the time that matters most
A Listener at the End
Someone who sits beside you in your final weeks or months. Not medical. Not religious (unless you wish). Just a calm, trained presence who listens, advocates, and holds space.
What to expect
How it works
An initial listening visit (free) - documenting your wishes for care, comfort, and company. Regular visits - as often as needed, help you think through what matters, or simply be present so that you are not alone with your thoughts. We are appointed to listen rather than to direct, to follow your lead rather than our own, and to support family members and carers just as much as the person at the centre of it all.
The final months and weeks of a life can feel intensely lonely - for the person living through them, and for the people who love them. An end-of-life listener exists to soften that loneliness, gently and without intrusion.
The role is simple to describe and demanding to do well: to be there. That might mean sitting quietly together, helping with small practical things, listening to worries that feel too heavy to share with family, or simply making sure that someone is not alone in the moments that matter. We are experienced, trained, supervised, and bound to strict confidentiality - and here to take your lead.
We also support the people around the person who is dying: partners, children, friends and carers, who are so often holding everything together while quietly falling apart themselves.
Honest about cost
What this costs
Standard rate
Typical journey £650-900
Reduced rate
£0-400
No one is ever turned away from companionship for want of money - speak to us, in confidence, about what is manageable for you.
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Ready to take the first step?
A first conversation is unhurried, free, and carries no obligation. We will simply listen, and help you find the right way forward.