This volunteering role is vital for the delivery of the Neighbourhood Friends service. Our Home from Hospital volunteers support patients who do not qualify for NHS patient transport services and do not have family or friends to take them home. Our volunteers collect patients from wards at the RD&E or community Hospitals, drive them home and help them to settle in. For example, turning on the heating and making them a welcome home cup of tea. All patients much appreciate this rewarding role as it helps to reduce their anxieties about going home alone, which in many cases helps to aid their recovery.

• Pledge
• Home from hospital friends offers a very flexible as and when volunteering role – with no regular time commitment necessary.
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) - This role will require volunteers to complete a DBS check.
• You will be reimbursed for all agreed out of pocket travel costs

Our Home from hospital friends will need to be patient and understanding, reliable and discreet. Hold a clean driving licence and have access to an insured vehicle with a current MOT.

All volunteers will receive induction training covering information on issues such as confidentiality, manual handling, detailed information about the role of a Home from hospital friends volunteer and the support you will receive from the staff team to help you in your position. 

A member of staff will also accompany you on your first hospital discharge to show you where to park and how to get to the ward.

For more information, please contact the volunteering team on:

t: 01392 824752 option 2, option 2

e: [email protected]

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