Stories of volunteers supporting the health service since 1949
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Enfield Stroke FriendsEnfield Stroke Friends is a dedicated group of volunteers that empowers people who have had strokes by helping them find volunteer placements. Their main goal is to support stroke survivors in gaining new skills, and perfecting old skills through vol...
Ann Bowden, Friends of Cathja Ann’s career as a GP, and a doctor at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, are practical expressions of her clear love of the local community, and her desire to help people both positively and creatively with their health issues. The...
Rin Roach, Friends of Cathja Rin describes an organisation where people are accepted for who they are, and what they bring, a place where they are genuinely allowed to be. It’s a place where people come and go, as it suits them, and as they need. It’s a community wh...
Sian Gabari, Ealing Hospital League of FriendsInitially Sian was introduced to the Friends while at school, as a way of considering a career in the NHS. While following a different career path, Sian has continued to volunteer for the Friends throughout the remainder of school, university, and no...
Gifty Coleman, Ealing Hospital League of FriendsA change in career, and job search for something nearer home brought Gifty into contact with the League of Friends. Almost unexpectedly this has been a very rewarding part of her life, where she can practically express her faith, through caring for, ...
Carl Kirby Turner, Friends of Cathja Over 20 years ago, Carl’s involvement started when he was trying to sell a boat to the founder. Getting involved then through volunteering has now become something which was an important part of his life. He describes the project as a com...
Ann Cousins, Ealing Hospital League of FriendsHaving had a successful career in banking, Ann almost stumbled into a role in the League of Friends. Here she has found new purpose, and real challenges as she has determinedly maintained and progressed the contribution of a traditional Friends ...
Beryl Carr, Ealing Hospital League of FriendsFollowing the death of her husband, and a move away from their retirement home, Beryl found herself isolated. At 80, her daughter helped her join up as a volunteer at the local hospital, where over 20 years she has found real friendships....
Following a full and rewarding career in probation work, Lynn found herself at retirement age, but she wasn’t ready to stop, and still felt she had something to offer. Having used the Friends Cafe while visiting the hospital, she asked if there wer...
Bereaved and unemployed, with Covid raging around, Louise was looking for somewhere to get a foothold back on the ladder. Ealing Hospital League of Friends were welcoming, and encouraging. Using existing skills as a ‘subject matter expert’ she ha...