St Ann’s Hospice celebrate Volunteers’ Week with their dedicated volunteers
This Volunteers’ Week St Ann’s Hospice want to shine a light on some of the brilliant volunteers that dedicate time to helping their charity, and volunteer roles you could take up too.
Mark is a Volunteer Online Sales Assistant based at the Distribution centre in Reddish:
“I was fortunate to be able to retire early at 56 years old, but I wanted to do something that could keep me active. I also wanted to give something back to the community in some way.“You definitely need to come into volunteering with the right end goal, which is seeing what you can do for the hospice. There is so much camaraderie and teamwork, the Distribution Centre is a great and chilled place to volunteer.
“I would definitely recommend volunteering to people, particularly for St Ann’s Hospice, where there are so many roles available, you are sure to find a role which suits you.”
Harsha has been volunteering in St Ann’s Hospice’s fundraising team for the last two years and is also on the Summer Fair Committee for this year and she loves being part of it:
“Being in the fundraising office, hearing and seeing first-hand the incredible work the team do, their sheer commitment and joy rubbed off on me. I joined the Autumn Fair committee last year and we had a great time organising the event.”
St Ann’s Trading Company have many volunteer vacancies open to people
who want to support their local hospice. These include distribution centre volunteers, online volunteers,
Stockport shop volunteers, and Sale shop volunteers.
The community fundraisers at St Ann’s Hospice are looking for volunteers too, including people that can help with collection tins and those wanting to be in a new fundraising group that will be set up in Sale and Altrincham.
Margaret has been a volunteer since 2006.
She was inspired to volunteer at St Ann’s after the care shown to her father by the hospice, experiencing the kindness and care shown to him and all his family. Each year she has worked tirelessly on St Ann’s Christmas appeal Light up a Life, helping to create their book of honour with over 1000 dedications.
Volunteer Driver
The clinical team at St Ann’s are looking for a volunteer driver for their Being You Centre. The purpose of this volunteering role is to transport patients who have no alternative means of transport to and from the Being You Centre. The hours for this role vary between 9am-4pm on Monday to Friday.
Retired physiotherapist and post-graduate educator Jenny Caunt (pictured above) started volunteering at St Ann’s in May 2022:
“It keeps my brain working, I get a real sense of satisfaction and feel like I am contributing to St Ann’s. What’s so nice about St Ann’s is they are looking for volunteers to use their skills and for projects that benefit the volunteer as well as the hospice. It’s really nice to carry on with something worthwhile.”
For more information on how you can start volunteering at St Ann’s Hospice and make a difference in your community, see www.sah.org.uk/get-involved/volunteering.
About St Ann’s Hospice
St Ann’s Hospice provides holistic care to patients with life-limiting illnesses – comprising inpatient care, day therapy and supportive outpatient services from its sites at Heald Green, Stockport and Little Hulton, Salford.
The teams at the hospice also provide a range of community and outreach services to patients, including care in the place they call home via a Hospice at Home service available in Salford and Trafford, the hospice’s Community Specialist Palliative Care Team in Salford, and the homelessness palliative care service in Manchester. A 24-hour telephone advice line is available to patients, carers and healthcare professionals in Salford, Manchester, Trafford and Stockport.
Their hospice building in Heald Green is 150 years old and, through their Build It Together appeal hope to raise the final £2million needed to build a new hospice next door to their current building.
