Stories of volunteers supporting the health service since 1949
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Anne moved to Basildon after her marriage, and began working at Basildon Hospital as a Ward Clerk, a job she loved, and stayed in for 14 years. She retired at 60 due to health issues, and having been staff for many years, knew about the Friends throu...
Linda originally became involved with the hospital following plans to close cottage hospitals in the area. Having experienced the care that the hospital provided to her close family members she realised this would be detrimental to the local communit...
Bridget Foley, AttendBridget started volunteering very early on when she accompanied her Mum to Church, where they arranged flowers, handed out hymn books and mended curtains. As she got older she took on these and other tasks within the church and continued throughout h...
Stephen and Pauline Redman, Friends of Amarna HouseSteve is a Christian minister in the City of York, and his wife, Pauline, is a secondary school teacher. Steve is the Chairman of the Friends of Amarna House, and the cancer charity Candlelighters, and they have both been involved in the community fo...
Richard Steventon, The Friends of Shrewsbury and Telford HospitalRichard was born in The Potteries and spent the early part of his career working in various parts of the country before finding himself at the Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital in the late 1970’s. He spent 10 years working with the Urology Team,...
Kevin Madge, Amman Valley Hospital League of FriendsKevin has been an active part of the community since he was 18 years old. He talks about his involvement with the Amman Valley Hospital League of Friends as well as his career full of public service.He is currently the Chair of Carmarthenshire County...
Delyth Evans MBE, League of Friends of Glangwili HospitalContributing to numerous charities since the 1980s, Delyth has been involved in her community for a long time. After some time, she saw an opportunity to volunteer at the League of Friends of Glangwili Hospital, which she took, and became the new Tre...
Valerie Semeria, Friends of Attend ABI Valerie Semeria, 30, is the Chair of Friends of Attend ABI. She grew up volunteering in her church and local homeless shelters, and eventually pursued the field as a career path after she moved to London in 2016. She then started volunteering with At...