Hospice Charity appeals for Volunteers Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is urgently calling for people to sign up as volunteers to help them fund and provide the best hospice care for local residents. “Volunteers are vital to the success of our Charity and we really couldn’t do what we do without them,” says Penny Bradshaw, Head of Volunteering. “We are still feeling the effects of the pandemic. Our volunteers were not needed for many months whilst our shops were closed, our events cancelled and access to the Hospice itself restricted. And, whilst those restrictions have now lifted, we have found that many of our previous volunteers are stepping back from their roles – in fact we have around half the number of active volunteers now than in early 2019.” The Charity is particularly looking for volunteers to help in their nine shops between Buckingham and Thame. “Our
shops have worked so the whole community. hard to recover from the And without our team impact of Covid-19 and of volunteer drivers, are now getting busier many of our Day Hospice and busier each week. But patients would simply sometimes we struggle not be able to attend,” to keep all of our shops explains Penny. “There A volunteer driver open due to a shortage of are so many ways in volunteers. If we have to which people can support close a shop for even one day, we lose vital us through volunteering. There are roles to income which funds local care,” says Lily suit everyone; whether that’s working with Caswell, Head of Retail at the Charity. people in our shops or at the Hospice, or behind the scenes with our Online Sales But it is not just retail volunteers that or Admin teams. And for those who can’t the Charity needs. The Charity relies on commit to regular volunteering we also volunteers in all areas of its work – in their need ad hoc volunteers at our events or shops, at their fundraising and community simply to help us put up posters or deliver events, in the offices and in the Hospice or collect fundraising items from time to itself, supporting patients and their families. time.” “Without volunteers we cannot plan and run fundraising events such as our Santa Dashes, which raise so much money for the Charity, as well as being fun events for
To find out more about all the volunteer roles available visit the Charity’s website at: fnhospice.org.uk/volunteer or email volunteering@fnhospice.org.uk.
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