Volunteers play a crucial role across a number of our Trust locations. The care and attention they provide compliments the services provided by our front line clinical teams and makes a big difference to people’s lives.
Volunteers have also told us of the personal benefits they have gained in their role such as:
- Greater confidence – volunteering can boost confidence by providing the opportunity to try something new which builds a real sense of achievement and purpose
- Being part of a community – volunteers can feel part of something outside of their friends and family
- Learning new skills – develop new skills, gain experience that could lead to other opportunities such as qualifications
- Meeting people – provide an opportunity to meet people from diverse communities and make new friends
Volunteer Experience
- Volunteers provide on average 3-4 hours service per week
- With 300 active Volunteers this equates to approximately 1200 Volunteer hours per week or 4800 hours monthly
- Our longest serving Volunteer has been Volunteering for 29 years and 2 months
- Our newest Volunteer has been Volunteering for 1 week
What volunteers say:
“After 40 year’s volunteering with various organisations, the Trusts attitude to volunteers is clearly the best”
“Receiving a personal certificate and a word of sincere thanks was an expression of appreciation”
“I was made to feel very special and valued as a volunteer.”