Volunteering

Get involved! Make a difference! Volunteer!

Why not join the 740 volunteers who support the work of St Lukes.The support that volunteers give has been shown to be a major part of the difference that hospices bring to the lives of patients and families. Many volunteers also enjoy the social aspect of volunteering and the chance to gain work experience and learn new skills. There are a whole range of opportunities on offer.

Volunteering in our shops

Our 13 charity shops generate over £550 000 each year in support of St Luke’s and our shop volunteers are essential to their smooth running . There are many different tasks to suit individual requirements: including working on the till and meeting customers and sorting and pricing goods for sale. Click here to find out more about our shops

Flowers and Gardens

The wonderful gardens and beautiful flowers arranged around St Luke’s bring enormous pleasure to patients, visitors and staff and all are looked after by a group of skilled, hare working volunteers.

Providing Transport

Volunteer drivers provide transport and support for patients to and from St Luke’s using their own cars.There are also other key roles for drivers that do not involve patient support eg collecting and depositing samples at the local hospital.

Reception

Our dedicated team of volunteer receptionists operate the switchboard, organise the post, take messages and welcome patients and visitors to the building.

Fundraising

Each year hundreds of volunteers get involved with major events like our annual Midnight Walk. If you can give an hour and rattle a can outside your local supermarket, man a stall at the Summer Fair, leaflet drop houses on your local streets or talk to local groups about St Luke’s we want to hear from you.

Patient Care

Volunteers support clinical staff in both the day care and inpatient units.Tasks include answering the phones and making drinks for patients and visitors.Importantly, volunteers have the time to sit and chat with the patients and their visitors and provide a much appreciated listening ear.

These are just some the ways in which volunteers help.We also have qualified volunteers offering complementary therapies and hairdressing as well as training bereavement support volunteers, and we would welcome more professionals to offer these much appreciated services.

Volunteer enquiries

Please have a look through our VolunterringFAQs as this covers key areas on volunteering , for further enquiries ,Email your name, mobile number and postcode to volunteering@stlukes-hospice.org