Stories of volunteers supporting the health service since 1949
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Steve Bench, The Guild of the Royal Hospital of St BartholomewWhen Steve Bench lost his wife to cancer, he wanted to do something to give back to the hospital that treated her. He has been volunteering with the Guild and helping to run the trolley service for twenty years....
Beryl Angel, The League of Friends, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic HospitalOn retirement from the NHS, the next logical step for Beryl was to begin volunteering for the Friends. The Flower Guild, arranging flowers in the Chapel, was a good starting point, but Covid brought this opportunity to an end. Today Beryl regularl...
Jayne Mott , The Friends of Shrewsbury and Telford HospitalJayne Mott shares her long-standing involvement with the Friends at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, starting in the mid-nineties. She describes how she was initially encouraged to join by friends, and later held several leadership positions, including C...
Pat Moreno, Friends Of St MarksPat began hospital volunteering once she had retired from work. Initially it was at Stanmore with the friends group there and now it is at St Marks. Her main contribution has been in the tea bar, where she also runs a trolley service up to the t...
Gordon Dempster, Friends of Chelsea and WestminsterLiving in Chelsea all his life, Gordon began volunteering after he had retired. His family had strong connections with the hospital, which they originally knew as St Stephen’s.He is a regular volunteer on a trolley that goes round 17 wards. ...