Join us
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at North London Hospice. Volunteers are an essential part of the hospice team – we couldn’t do all we do without you!
Examples of volunteering opportunities (People facing)
Reception volunteer
Location: Finchley and Winchmore Hill
Days of the week: Finchley: Monday – Friday, shift times: 8am – 11.30am; 11.30am – 2.30pm; 2.30pm – 6pm and Saturday / Sunday shift times: 10am – 2pm; 2pm – 6pm. Winchmore Hill: Shifts of around three hours, Monday to Friday, as needed.
Purpose of the role: To provide a warm, friendly, and professional welcome to all patients, families, and visitors to the buildings. Signposting to relevant departments and running the small coffee shop (Finchley).
Requirements: Completion of online application form, an informal volunteering interview, two references, completion of core and service-specific induction and training. You must be 18 or over to apply for this role.
Inpatient Unit volunteer
Location: Finchley
Days of the week: Monday – Sunday (mealtimes are, breakfast: 08.15am to 10:30am; lunch: 11:30am – 2pm and supper 5pm to 7pm).
Purpose of the role: To support the nursing team and patients at mealtimes.
Requirements: Completion of online application form; an informal volunteering interview; two references and a disclosure and barring service check; completion of core and service-specific induction and training. You must be 18 or over to apply for this role.
Bereavement support volunteer
Location: Finchley, Winchmore Hill and home-based
Days of the week: Monday – Sunday
Purpose of the role: To be part of a team of volunteers offering emotional support to bereaved people. This is offered through telephone support, face-to-face, and through small groups and activities, such as the ‘walk and talk’ group and our grief cafe.
Requirements: Completion of online application form, an informal volunteering interview, two references and an enhanced disclosure and barring service check, completion of core and service-specific induction and training, attendance at regular supervision sessions and on-going training. You must be 18 or over to apply for this role.
Therapy volunteer
Location: Finchley and Winchmore Hill
Days of the week: Monday to Friday, times to be arranged.
Purpose of the role: To provide support for our clinical and wellbeing services, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complementary therapies, and psychology.
Requirements: Completion of online application form, an informal volunteering interview, two references, a disclosure and barring service check depending on role, qualification check for complementary therapy volunteers, membership of governing body, and continuous professional development*; completion of core and service-specific induction and training. You must be 18 or over to apply for this role.
Drivers
Location: Winchmore Hill
Days of the week: Monday to Friday, times to be arranged.
Purpose of the role: To transport patients to and from appointments at one of our buildings as required and to transport items / equipment between the hospice buildings.
Requirements: Completion of online application form, an informal volunteering interview, two references, a disclosure and barring service check, driving licence details, completion of core and service-specific induction and training. You must be 18 or over to apply for this role.
Retail shop volunteer
Location: Shops are spread throughout the boroughs we serve. Find out more about our shops here.
Days of the week: Monday to Sunday. Shifts are typically around four hours.
Purpose of the role: To work as part of a team, assisting the shop manager with the everyday running of the shop, providing a welcoming retail experience, and helping to generate vital income needed to provide our services. We welcome you helping our shop managers in sorting and preparing stock for sale, serving customers, using a till, putting your eBay knowledge to good use to maximise sales with those special finds, or providing strength helping our van drivers to collect and deliver furniture to our specialist furniture shops.
Requirements: Completion of online or paper application form, a taster session and informal volunteering interview, two references; completion of on-the-job induction and training. You must be 14 or over to apply for this role.
Compassionate Neighbours
Our Compassionate Neighbours scheme helps support people living with life-limiting illnesses stay connected to their community to reduce loneliness and isolation.
Compassionate Neighbours can really make a difference. They are trained to offer their time, companionship and support to people living in their community.
We are always looking for more volunteers to join our network and the first step is to join our training course. It focuses on building your skills and confidence so you can help people with a life-limiting illness stay connected to their community and avoid loneliness and isolation. You’ll also hear from Compassionate Neighbours and their experiences to get a flavour of the variety of ways you can get involved.
After the training you can decide to go on to be matched with someone locally – or support one of our groups – through shared interests and hobbies in the hope that genuine friendships will form.
For full details of this opportunity and the next training dates please click this link.
Examples of volunteering opportunities (Behind the scenes)
Administration volunteer
Location: Finchley and Winchmore Hill
Days of the week: Monday to Friday, times to be arranged.
Purpose of the role: To provide administrative support to teams across the hospice as required, supporting the smooth running of the service.
Requirements: Completion of online application form, an informal volunteering interview, two references, completion of core and service-specific induction and training. You must be 18 or over to apply for this role.
Gardening volunteers
Location: Finchley and Winchmore Hill
Days of the week: Monday to Friday, times to be arranged.
Purpose of the role: To ensure the hospice gardens are attractive and well-maintained throughout the year.
Requirements: Completion of online application form, an informal volunteering interview, two references, completion of core and service-specific induction and training. You must be 18 or over to apply for this role.
Fundraising and Community Development
We run many fundraising events throughout the year which give people from all walks of life the opportunity to get involved, have fun, and raise money for a great local cause, as well as helping extend our reach. Volunteers are vital to ensure that our events run smoothly, safely, and successfully. It is also important for us to connect with our communities, raising awareness of hospice care and lowering barriers to accessing our support. Volunteers may help in several ways:
Your help is welcomed on the day at events, for example, helping with route marshalling, preparing goody bags, being at a checkpoint, registering entries or supporting the team with their collection box holder scheme. Just let the volunteering team know at volunteer@northlondonhospice.co.uk and we’ll connect you with our fundraisers.
If you are applying for another role, you’ll have the chance to say if you’re happy to help occasionally at our community fundraising events when you complete an application. Just tick the box on the form.
If you’d like to help us to extend our reach by expanding our network and connecting us with the local community, raising awareness of the work of the hospice (and fundraising where relevant) you may be interested in our Hospice Ambassador role. It is a flexible opportunity you may fit round your busy life. If you let us know when you first get in touch, the volunteering team can direct you to the right place to find out more from the community development and fundraising teams.
How to apply
North London Hospice welcomes generous, compassionate and dedicated volunteers. With them we can ensure that our patients and their families feel supported by the community around them. Ready to volunteer? Please call 020 8156 4520 (all calls go directly to a voicemail and a member of our team will be get back to you shortly) or email our Volunteer Training and Support team.
We do not recruit for everything all the time, so if you’d like to find out more about our current vacancies, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We warmly welcome your interest. Just email volunteer@northlondonhospice.co.uk or call 020 8156 4520 (voicemail) and leave a message with your name and number. One of our friendly team will get back to you as soon as possible to talk through what’s available.
We may be able to develop a role especially for you if you have specialist skills or experience which may benefit our work. So, there isn’t a comprehensive list of roles as this changes all the time to suit the needs of patients and the organisation.
Equal opportunities
North London Hospice is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity, and, we acknowledge that we currently have an underrepresentation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people. North London Hospice job opportunities are open to all and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
In order for us to comply with our legal obligations, we provide free mandatory training for all our volunteers
