St Peter’s Hospice Wins Award For Workplace Culture

Bristol’s St Peter’s Hospice has won an award for its innovative approach to developing people and transforming workplace culture.

The charity was awarded HRZone’s Culture Pioneers Learning Award at a ceremony celebrating the organisations and leaders building workplace cultures that transform performance, loyalty and learning.

The Learning Award was achieved after the Hospice’s Learning and Development (L&D) team rolled out a bespoke leadership training programme that built confidence, strengthened connections and enhanced capability.

Around 100 leaders within the St Peter’s Hospice organisation took part in the training as well as the CEO and senior leadership team.

As well as being recognised for leadership training, the charity’s new evolved retail induction programme was highlighted along with the policies and processes created centrally that have made learning accessible for all.

Amy Gillespie, People Director at St Peter’s Hospice, said: “I’m so proud of our L&D team, who won this award for building a pioneering learning culture and for celebrating every success, big or small, across our diverse teams. Our approach has strengthened engagement, reduced turnover and improved performance.”

Suzanne Taylor, St Peter’s Hospice Leaning & Development Business Partner, said: “This recognition highlights St Peter’s Hospice’s ongoing commitment to investing in people, nurturing leadership and creating a supportive, purpose-driven workplace where everyone can thrive.

“We wanted to bring learning to life with the introduction of the Leadership programme. As an organisation we have learning embedded within our 2025 strategy, in fact, ‘Leading, Learning and Innovating’ is one of our three core pillars. Learning isn’t just encouraged, it’s part of our culture and our future.

“A shout out must also go to our retail trainer Louisa Merchant-Locke, who has transformed our retail induction programme and is doing amazing work building career pathways for our retail leaders.”

The HRZone Culture Pioneer Awards was made up of five categories. Commenting on St Peter’s Hospice winning the Learning Award, organisers said:

“With 550 employees and 1,500 volunteers, St Peter’s Hospice shows what’s possible when you put learning at the heart of your strategy. They launched leadership development pathways, co-created a 12-week retail induction and saw a 12% increase in employees feeling they can learn new skills. Impressively, they now share this expertise through resilience training for NHS staff and leadership training for local partners.”