Our volunteers


Our patients benefit from the help of over 500 people who give their time and kindness to support us in a variety of roles.


Our volunteers play a crucial part in ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience in our hospitals and of the care we provide. A cheery welcome, someone to show patients and visitors where to go, a bedside conversation, help with a meal and encouragement to eat, reminiscing with a patient who is living with dementia, a newspaper from a trolley, a favourite song on the radio, a visit from the chaplaincy team or a befriender – all of these things make a really big difference to the experience of our patients.


Our volunteers are as diverse as the patients we care for. Our volunteers are aged from 17 years upwards and share their wide range of skills and experience with us. We are proud to have the support of so many volunteers and the local volunteer and community service partners who we work with.


Volunteers are part of our team and receive all mandatory training and support from our volunteer co-ordinator.


To find out more about volunteering, email volunteers@hhft.nhs.uk or visit www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk.


r “I enjoy getting to know people and knowing that somebody is looking forward to having you visit them is


eally special. The lady I was paired up with really looked forward to my visits. Sometimes we’d just stay in and chat and other times we’d go out to somewhere like a garden centre or a museum or the shops, but I always


felt that I had made a difference to her. Sadly, she passed away recently, but the really nice thing was that, at her funeral, lots of people came up to me saying that she had told them all about me.


Doreen Lonergan, volunteer befriender 19


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