What What our patientssay... Compassion volunteers say...

Having had such a great experience of volunteering I have now successfully signed up with Workforce Solutions and work part-time for Provide. I am also excited about starting the Speech and Language training.

I have really enjoyed all the opportunities Provide has offered me in terms of accessing training and experience. I am not sure what the future holds for me, but I am really hopeful I can work for Provide and have a career in the NHS.

I had become virtually reclusive during Covid and volunteering has allowed me to meet lots of new people and I have really enjoyed the feeling of helping support others.

The lovely volunteers who greet me at the Leg Ulcer clinic make my day. They make me feel looked after and have a good chat when I am waiting for my transport home. It is one of the few outings I get and although I am having treatment the volunteers and the nurses all make it as happy a time as they can.

Christine (Tissue Viability patient)

My job was a professional gardener before my illness. I was living in a flat then but was stuck because I am permanently in a wheelchair. When I got rehoused, Rick made me some raised beds which were wheelchair height so I could start growing things again.

I don’t know what I would have done without Rick and Barry. They came round cleared out a load of rubbish and took away an old sofa. This meant I could get a new riser recliner in and a new bed. This meant I could get up and moving about again.

Geoff (Virtual Frailty Ward)