Hospice at Home West Cumbria

Volunteer Roles at Hospice at Home West Cumbria

Becoming a volunteer for Hospice at Home West Cumbria widens your horizons, gives you the opportunity to make new friends and to have a whole new social life. Hospice at Home West Cumbria could not survive without its team of volunteers, to whom we extend our grateful thanks for all their support.  Volunteers are valued members of the Hospice team.

Allison Jackson is Hospice at Home West Cumbria's Volunteer Co-Ordinator.  Allison recruits new volunteers, and supports those already working for the organisation.  If you'd like to discuss any aspect of volunteering for Hospice at Home West Cumbria please ring Allison on 01900 705200.

A 'Volunteer Update' is produced at regular intervals to keep volunteers informed about training events and other meetings that are relevant to them, and to pass on any important news.  To download an update click on one of the links below.

Update Dec 2010

Service Volunteer Roles

The following volunteering opportunities are currently available with the service side of Hospice at Home West Cumbria:

• Hospice Support Volunteers
  
  This is a varied role providing support to patients and respite to carers.  Family and Bereavement Support Volunteers receive more intensive training (about 40 hours in total) and are involved with patients and their families during illness and on into bereavement.
  
  
• Drivers
  
  This is an important role.  We need careful drivers with their own vehicle to transport people to Day Centres and other hospice support services. The drivers collect people from their homes in the morning and take them to the place where the hospice service is being delivered, then pick them up in the afternoon and return them home again.  We pay volunteers travel expenses at 40p per mile.

• Support Group Assistant

  A varied role helping at Support Group meetings, supporting the paid staff who run these groups and providing a listening ear when necessary.  Volunteers make and serve drinks and generally help with the running of the group.  We have Support Groups in Millom, Cockermouth and Whitehaven.

Training

All our service volunteers attend induction training, where they learn about the work of the various departments within Hospice at Home. On the job training is then delivered in most areas but specific training is given for Day Care Assistants.  Some training is mandatory for all volunteers, although the amount will vary from job to job.

• Fundraising:
  
  Volunteer fundraisers are vital to Hospice at Home West Cumbria.  We are extremely grateful that so many dedicated friends already volunteer their time and talents but we urgently need more people to join us to help achieve our fundraising goals. Ring Gillian in the Fundraising Office on  01900 873173 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  
  
• Charity Shops:
  
  Hospice at Home West Cumbria has charity shops in Cleator Moor, Cockermouth and Workington. Sales assistants are always needed to work in the shops, helping to sort goods and serve customers.  If you are interested in working in one of the shops either give the fundraising office a ring on 01900 873173 or call in at the shop for a chat.
  
  
• Membership:
  
  For a small annual subscription (minimum £5) you can join the Hospice at Home West Cumbria Members Association. As a member you will receive regular newsletters to keep you in touch with everything that is going on and you will be entitled to vote at the General Meetings of the Association.

How Do I Become A Volunteer For Hospice At Home West Cumbria?

You can either ring Allison on 01900 705200, download a Volunteer Registration Form here, fill it in and post it to us,  or complete the form below: