Mel Garfield

Head of external relations at Royal Voluntary Service, news hound, optimist and chocolate connoisseur. All views are my own.

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Great start to the weekend! Warm welcome at a vax site in Amersham as @NHSVolResponder steward for @RoyalVolService #firsttaskdone

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

How good is the @BBCTheOneShow tonight!

Our CEO Catherine Johnstone joined @EllieJaneTaylor and @GylesB1 to announce the opening of our #PlatinumChampionsAwards 🎉

Hear more from The One Show’s @MissAlexjones below 👇

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

We are incredibly honoured that HM The Queen & The Duchess of Cornwall joined a call to thank our volunteers who have been supporting their communities during the pandemic.

Thank you both for your time; this is something our volunteers will treasure forever✨

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Really proud we’re able to support our amazing NHS. Sign up and join us! #NHSVolunteerResponders

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

We're calling for fit & healthy people to join #NHSVolunteerResponders to help the most vulnerable during #coronacrisis.

💊delivering food & medication
🚗driving patients to appointments
💬befriending phone calls

Live in England? You can register here: https://t.co/PJK3RQilPJ

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Great to hear from our panel today about how we can galvanise more people to volunteer and from some of our partner organisations including @edencommunities

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

Up next is our panel chaired by CEO Catherine Johnstone with Dr Justin Davis-Smith, @ChrisKnightLGRR, John Hume @peoples_health, our volunteer Tayla & Director of Volunteering Rebecca Kennelly. Discussing volunteer journeys, resident-focused approaches & health inequalities.

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Capture & share the WWII stories of a #MillionWomen that are under threat: https://t.co/NoCBU9BriC

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

On #VEDay, support us to bring a million WW2 women out of silence. Donate now: https://t.co/8gi3BkbWws #MillionWomen

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

Report shows family networks struggle to support older people leaving hospital: https://t.co/Dx8o5yCYTN

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Launch @RoyalVolService #listenout campaign with Specsavers to improve awareness of hearing loss. Too many older people suffer in silence!

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Thanks for popping into @pitfieldlondon @rustyrockets great to see you while we're here @RoyalVolService #GrandFest2015

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

#GrandFest2015 is coming to London VERY soon! Have you booked your tickets yet? http://t.co/vN9ZKwmwz6

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

A unique #VEDay #tribute to women of #WW2 @RoyalVolService in uniforms they wore in 1938 #VEDayMemory

[Glasgow Airport ✈️ @GLA_Airport]

We're honoured to welcome a very special customer today -104yr old Margaret Miller @British_Airways @RoyalVolService

[fionalonghurst @fionalonghurst]

Launched #Grandfest today. A date for your diary 13th June. @RoyalVolService

[Royal Voluntary Service @RoyalVolService]

BIG NEWS EVERYONE! We're celebrating the skills of older people with #GRANDFEST2015! Check out what it's about: http://t.co/Y8sgw6xp3w ;)

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Delighted @RoyalVolService #Grandfest2015 has launched today. Lots to learn from older people!

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

I support Royal Voluntary Service's Let's End Going Home Alone campaign http://t.co/h8vsqejGHv #HelpThemHome Pls RT http://t.co/ZFlv2wThSD

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Local authorities have been more open to working with the third sector than health #TSQDebates @RoyalVolService

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Number of readmissions in the system is an incapacity issue. Charities need to work together #TSQDebates

[Mel Garfield @melgarfield]

Delayed discharge main issue facing hospitals this winter #TSQDebates