Bringing volunteers back into our hospitals safely to support NHS staff and their patients

Our Crisis Response Volunteers made a huge contribution at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, helping us deliver over 170,000 meals to hospital workers, managing our free shops for NHS staff and carrying out many more essential tasks.

Now we're working to make sure we can re-introduce volunteers back into day-to-day roles in our hospitals where it's safe and practical for us to do so.

At the same time, we're also building up a reserve team of volunteers who will be ready and available to help our hospitals in the event of another emergency or a surge in Covid-19 cases.

Sam Morris, Head of Volunteering at Imperial Health Charity, said: "We're extremely grateful to the hundreds of people who stepped forward to become Crisis Response Volunteers during the first wave of Covid-19. Without this incredible effort we would not have been able to provide such exceptional support to our hospitals during this time."

To find out more about volunteering at our hospitals, visit www.imperialcharity.org.uk/volunteer

Crisis Response Volunteer Jay Roome delivers meals to staff at Hammersmith Hospital