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Friends Voices

Stories of volunteers supporting the health service since 1949

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Arlene Dhalla, Friends of Larchwood

Arlene started working at 15 as an accounting assistant, and never really stopped her career until she retired in 1995. She never thought about volunteering before her mother was diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's and had to go into a care home....

Story: Arlene Dhalla - Braintree, Essex

This story is about:

  1. Care homes
  2. Church
  3. Family carer
  4. Volunteering
  5. Volunteering In Retirement

Jean Howard, Friends of Cedar House 

Jean has volunteered for over 50 years.  The organisations she has got involved  with have mirrored the life-cycle of her family life, be it her children’s school or her mother’s care home. Her consistent ambition has been to add value to the l...

Story: Jean Howard - Harefield, London Borough of Hillingdon

This story is about:

  1. Future of Friends Groups
  2. Visiting Residents
  3. Volunteering In a Care Home