How can you help?
The importance of volunteers and what they do, and how to volunteer:
Duchess of Kent House Charity is always looking for volunteers to help with ward care, transport, gardening and administrative work. The contribution of the volunteers financially to the House is huge, and it is estimated that if they had to be paid salaries the total would be over £100,000 per annum! Of course the contribution of the volunteers equates to much more than just money saved as they provide the human interface between health professionals, patients and the public. Volunteers not only give freely of their time and expertise but are also often involved with fundraising activities.
If you are interested please contact Julia Morpeth, the Volunteer Services Co-ordinator on 0118 955 0486. This is the first port of call for anyone considering volunteer work in the hospice.
Currently around 80 volunteers help on the ward, in Day Care, with patient transport etc with a further 20 approximately trained to help deliver the family-support service under the co-ordination of Jackie Dearden & Liz Bannell (0118 955 0485).
The fundraising / charity office occasionally has vacancies for volunteers with general office and IT skills as well as more specific fundraising tasks.
The Charity currently has a list of over 200 volunteers who support us by occasionally helping us at fairs and fetes, coin collections at supermarkets etc. If you would like to join the list please ring Sue on 0118 955 0457.
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