Why volunteer with us?
Why volunteer at North London Hospice?
Volunteers help to ensure our patients, and those who love and care for them, are supported, that our shops offer a high-quality and friendly service, and that our fundraising events are a success.
Our vision is the best of life, at the end of life, for everyone. We welcome the skills, generosity, compassion, and dedication our volunteers provide to help us achieve this. If you’d like to be part of this mission, we’d love you to join the team!
Hundreds of volunteers, thousands of reasons why.
Volunteers have many reasons for wanting to get involved. We offer a variety of roles to help meet people’s differing motivations, both service-user facing and behind the scenes at the hospice. We also offer the opportunity to gain retail experience in one of our local charity shops.
We know it’s important that volunteering fits smoothly into your life, so there are roles to fit your availability – both one-off opportunities and others involving regular shifts. We hope you’ll find something that’s right for you, however much time you can give.
But as well as giving, what will you gain from volunteering with us? When you’re donating your time, skill, and experience, it’s important you get something back too.
Gain new skills
Volunteering can be a fantastic way to learn and develop practical and personal skills. We provide training for all our volunteers and ensure you have the resources and support you need.
Everyone has something to offer, whether that’s gained through employment, personal experience or volunteering elsewhere. We benefit so much from the skills volunteers bring and are always enormously grateful.
Volunteering is an opportunity to build new friendships, helping keep loneliness at bay. Maybe you’ve recently moved into the area, you want to meet new people with similar values, or you want to improve your confidence. Volunteering helps to bring people together.
Whether you’ve lived in the area for many years or have just moved in, there’s no better way to engage with and support your community than to volunteer in it.
Keeping active, mentally as well as physically, has a powerful influence over our health and wellbeing. When we asked, 97% of service-user facing volunteers who replied said volunteering for North London Hospice contributes positively to their health and wellbeing.
Maybe you’ve previously benefited from volunteering services, or you’ve had first-hand experience of the support the hospice can offer. Perhaps you just feel you’ve been fortunate, and you’d like to share that with others. Volunteering gives you the opportunity to give something back.
You will have your own reasons and motivations for volunteering. There’s no right or wrong approach, it’s all about finding something that’s right for you. The most important thing about volunteering is it fits easily into your life, you enjoy it and it’s a rewarding experience for you, as well as for the people you help.
Both individually and collectively, volunteers make a huge difference to our work providing palliative care and support, when and where people need us most.
Hospice care is not only about helping people to die peacefully but also enabling people to make the best of their life despite their illness. We are always extremely grateful for everything you do to help. Thank you.
We hope you’ll find a role that appeals and to hear from you soon.
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.
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.
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