Barbara Monroe has been a social worker for over 30 years. She joined St Christopher's Hospice in London in 1987 and became Chief Executive in 2000. She is also Director of the Candle children's bereavement project and was Chair of the national Childhood Bereavement Network for 8 years. She is Module Leader on the MSc in Palliative Care and Policy run jointly by St Christopher's Hospice and King's College London. Barbara is a well-known lecturer and trainer and has written extensively about the psychological and social aspects of palliative care. Barbara is an Honorary Professor at Lancaster University. Frances Kraus is Candle Project Leader at St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK.

Barbara Monroe, Chief Executive, St Christopher's Hospice, London , UKand Director of the Candle Project and Honorary Professor, International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK
Alison Penny, Co-ordinator Childhood Bereavement Network
Dr Liz Rolls, Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University, UK; Honorary Research Fellow, University of Gloucestershire , UK and Chair, Bereavement Research Forum, UK
Dr Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Reader in Family Studies, Department of Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, UK
Dr Gillian Chowns, Visiting Fellow, Social Work Studies Division, University of Southampton, UK; and former Specialist Palliative Care Social Worker, East Berks Macmillan Palliative Care Team, UK
Julie Stokes, Founder and Clinical Director Lead, Winston's Wish, UK
Patsy Way, Candle Project Worker, St Christopher's Hospice, UK
Isobel Bremner, Candle Project Worker, St Christopher's Hospice, UK
Frances Kraus, Candle Project Leader, St Christopher's Hospice, UK
Di Stubbs, Project Manager, Family Services Team, Winstons Wish, UK
Linda McEnhill, Founder of The National Network for Palliative Care of People with Learning Disabilities, and Widening Access Manager, Help the Hospices, UK
Louise Rowling, Honorary Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Australia
Kate MacLeod, National Co-ordinator for Seasons for Growth, Scotland, UK
Rosie Nicol-Harper, Director, SeeSaw (Grief Support for the Young in Oxfordshire), UK
Peter Speck, Rev Prebendary, Former healthcare chaplain and Visiting Fellow, Faculty of medicine, Southampton University, UK
William Yule, Emeritus Professor of Applied Child Psychology, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Dr Patrick Smith, Lecturer, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Kari Dyregrov, Researcher and Sociologist, Center for Crisis Psychology/Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Atle Dyregrov, Director and Clinical Psychologist, Centre for Crisis Psychology, Norway
Julie Ellison, Metropolitan Police Inspector and Candle Project Volunteer, UK
Julia Manning, Candle Project Worker, St Christopher's Hospice, UK
Emma Lupton, Senior Social Worker and member of the Candle Project Advisory Group, UK
Stewart Sinclair, Social Worker and member of Candle Project Advisory Group, UK