UHL Volunteer Services

A volunteer is someone who gives their time, skills or knowledge, freely and by choice, for no financial reward, to benefit others or the community.

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Gerald has been driving the passenger buggy for 10 years and also helps to train new drivers “I like helping people that are less fortunate than myself.”
#VolunteersWeek

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Library volunteer Arlene says a good volunteer has “an ability to listen, empathy, a sense of humour and common sense!”
Jeanette says “I thought it would be good to give something back to the NHS after the hospitals cared for my husband. The care was brilliant”

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Pascal is almost ready to graduate the Young Volunteers Project and plans to keep giving his time to volunteer at the hospital “Being a volunteer has made me thankful for life and inspires me for the future”
#VolunteersWeek

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Asha and Janet have been volunteer Hairdressers for a combined 13 years
Janet says “The best thing about volunteering is knowing you are making a difference to the patients”
Asha says “you need to be polite, willing to help and always listen to patients”
#VolunteersWeek

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David has been a Meet & Greet Volunteer for nearly 10 years. David says “I joined the volunteering team at Glenfield after spending some time in hospital myself. I wanted to give something back to everyone who helped me and volunteering lets me do this”
#VolunteersWeek

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Tomorrow is the start of National Volunteers Week which is celebrated every year between 1-7th June. Thank you to volunteers everywhere for everything that you do to make a difference

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Watch the video below to learn why they were nominated! 🏆✨ congratulations again from all of us at #TeamUHL - we are so grateful for your support!

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“Nothing is too much hassle for them. I have been astounded by their positivity and motivation.”

Congratulations, COVID-19 Volunteers, for winning our Volunteer of the Year award! Your dedication to support our staff over the past eighteen months has been incredible.

#caib21

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The ED dept. and @WendyAllibone are pleased that volunteers are back again providing support in the department

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As we say goodbye to our latest cohort of young volunteers , a thank you card from Jess; and Reeya says “thank you for giving me the opportunity to volunteer with NHS, it was a great experience to be able to support patients …Thank you for being supportive through everything"

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Congratulations to the @PearsFoundation Young Volunteers who completed their 12 week volunteering placements at @Leic_hospital this week 👏🙌

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It’s great when the Egreetings service receives positive feedback “I would like to offer my thanks to the volunteers who run this valuable service”
To send your Egreeting to a patient visit https://t.co/TDz03JSO9a

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"Receiving one puts a smile on my face and made me feel warm inside," said Sophie Potter, when she and her daughter received eGreeting messages from family and friends whilst they were in hospital.

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Well done to Laura and Zubeda from Volunteer Services for abseiling down the Windsor Building to raise money for @DrFoxLHC

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Volunteer Faye has returned to helping on the children's cardiac ward. The brand new ward at the LRI is lovely. Welcome back Faye!

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Volunteer Malcolm is so happy to be back on ward 41 at the LRI. It's been such a long time and he's really missed the ward and staff.

The ward staff are so happy to have Malcolm back and have really missed him too

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A big thank you to young volunteer Sheida. She's off to University to study medicine after a year and a half volunteering at UHL. Good Luck!

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We've been celebrating our @PearsFoundation young volunteers who have been helping out at UHL throughout the year. Thank you!

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Our @PearsFoundation Young Volunteers receiving their certificates in the @secretgardenuhl after completing a two week placement supporting patients and visitors in a variety of ways 👏

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Pears Young Volunteers reminding visitors and patients of the need to continue to wear a mask in our hospitals