Background Interprofessional and multidisciplinary working is acknowledged as one of the hallmarks and strengths of palliative care (Fernando, Hughes. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2019;25(9):444–451). Lave and Wenger (Situated learning: legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge University Press; 1991) recognised collective learning by a group with shared goals as a ‘community of practice’. This goes further than simply learning alongside and highlights the distinct value of learning from the group itself.

Aims Regular whole hospice education sessions had ceased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to resurrect these with a focus on collective learning, benefitting from expert external speakers but also highlighting the intrinsic educational value of the group itself, coming together to learn from each other and using the sessions as a platform to develop our own educator skills.

Methods We established a weekly hour long session over lunchtime, ‘Learning at Lunchtime’, held in person but also accessed via a web platform to encourage attendance from those working off-site. Participants were asked to suggest topics or speakers or to be educators themselves. Time was allocated for group discussions and sharing experiences. Feedback was sought and sessions were also recorded to allow those unable to attend to benefit from the learning opportunity. Specific sessions were identified to offer wider participation from other local hospices.

Results The main challenge has been encouraging regular participation. However, attendance has been consistent with 10–25 people per week and up to 50 for one of the externally offered sessions. Feedback is consistently positive. Many internal team members have facilitated and presented themselves.

Conclusions Regular whole hospice education sessions are an effective way to offer continuing professional development to the entire hospice team whilst also supporting a community approach to learning and creating a platform for development as educators. The opportunity to share sessions with other local hospice teams has potential to widen the community approach to learning even further.