January 2012
Inpatient Unit
Our Inpatient Unit volunteers work on a rota basis and provide cover from 10am to 8pm, over 3 shifts, 7 days a week. Most of our volunteers in this role work one or two shifts a month, and there are always two volunteers on at a time. The duties include taking meals and drinks to patients, welcoming visitors to the Unit and doing the kitchen washing up. A CRB is required for this role and volunteers receive training and support from nursing and kitchen staff.
Please contact voluntary services for details of current vacancies.
Admin Support
Do you have excellent telephone, administrative and organisational skills? Would you like to use these skills to benefit the Hospice? We have a variety of roles and we will be pleased to discuss these with interested volunteers.
Shops
Our shop volunteers work on a rota basis to fit in with their other commitments; this is usually one morning or afternoon a week or fortnight, but we can offer some flexibility. If you would like to know more about what the work involves, why not pop in to your local shop and have a chat with the Manager or a current volunteer; you can also pick up an application form.
The locations of our 9 shops can be found on this website.
Current shop vacancies
- Abbots Langley - Monday pm and Saturday am & pm
- Berkhamsted - Monday am, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday pm
- Number 20 - Tuesday & Friday pm, Saturday am and emergency cover
- Bovingdon - Saturday pm and emergency cover
- Chesham - Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday pm
- Highfield (Hemel Hempstead) - Most mornings & afternoons & emergency cover
- Marlowes (Hemel Hempstead) - Most days still available
- St Albans (Marshalswick) - No vacancies
- Harpenden (Southdown) - Monday & Saturday am & pm, Wednesday am and Friday pm
- We are also interested in hearing from anyone who could help out in any of our shops from 12noon to 2pm, to provide lunchtime cover.
Retail Team Support
Would you like to support the Hospice on an Ad Hoc basis?
Our retail team are looking for volunteers who would be willing to be called when help is needed, in one or more of the following areas:
- Sorting donated goods in our warehouse in Berkhamsted
- DIY
- Collecting donations using your own car.
E-Bay
Our E-Bay team require additional help in our very successful and busy E-Bay department at the Hospice. We require people at various times to list items for sale and on Mondays for packing and posting. If you love E-Bay why not come and help us for a few hours each week?
Receptionist
We are keen to recruit more volunteers to provide reception cover once or twice a month in our Inpatient Unit on Saturday and Sunday mornings, 9am - 1pm.
Complementary Therapists
If you would like to use your Complementary Therapy skills for the benefit of our patients, please do get in touch with us.
Gardeners
We would like to expand out team of gardeners, to assist in maintaining the Hospice grounds. You need to be fit and strong, able to work in all weathers and have a good knowledge of plants.
Fundraising
The Fundraising Team would love to hear from anyone who can help out by
- assisting with major events - putting up signs and posters and marshalling
- providing occasional support for fetes and stalls
- taking over a Homebox collection
- collecting Homeboxes from co-ordinators and bringing these into the Hospice for counting (twice a year, using your own car)
Do contact Voluntary Services for more information on any of the above or download and complete an application form.