It’s Volunteers’ Week (2nd- 8th June), the perfect time for us to recognise all the amazing people who give up their precious time to help us support bereaved children and their families.
Our volunteers are a hugely important part of our team; we simply couldn’t provide our vital services without them. A mixture of ages and backgrounds, each of our volunteers works in different roles, donating varying amounts of time and every second is appreciated.
Volunteering is not only a great way to support a charity, but it can also help you to learn new skills, meet new people and give something back to your community.
If you’ve thought about giving your time to a charity, why not check out our roles below? There’s something for everyone.
Child Bereavement Support Volunteer
This role is suited to people who are kind and friendly, and effective, calm communicators, have experience of working with children, can work well under pressure and are able to commit to a minimum of three events a year. Working alongside children and young people at our Bereavement Support weekends, you will:
Fundraising Volunteer
We need fun, creative, determined individuals who are knowledgeable about the services we provide to help fundraise. This role includes:
Parent/carer Support Volunteer
Our parent/carer support groups run parallel to the children’s sessions and aims to support the adults of the bereaved child, who are often grieving themselves. We need empathetic, intuitive individuals who are confident, good listeners and able to remain calm when dealing with difficult emotions. The role includes:
Volunteer Driver
Our families aren’t always able to get to our bereavement weekends themselves so we need drivers who can help transport them from home to the venue and back. We will need you to:
Catering Volunteers
Our catering volunteers make sure both children and HOLG staff at our volunteer bereavement weekends are fed and watered!
Our catering volunteers will gain training to be aware of standards of food hygiene and cleanliness, good time keeping skills and organisation, and to be mindful of allergies. This role includes:
We have various locations throughout the year for this service – let us know which is best for you.
Other ways to help
If the roles above aren’t quite right for you, there are still lots of other skills you could offer that would be invaluable to us. Admin support, for example, is always of use. Or perhaps you have experience in finance and could help with budgets or applying for grants? Or maybe you could help us at an event – or even run your own to raise funds?
Whatever your ideas, we’d love to hear from you.
What do volunteers get in return?
It’s important to HOLG that our wonderful volunteers feel cared for and appreciated. Here is just some of what you can expect in return for donating your time:
Business support
It’s not just individuals that can support us – there are lots of opportunities for businesses to give something back by donating their time and resources to us, too. A volunteering day for you and your colleagues is a great team building exercise and a wonderful way to support your community. You could organise a sponsored event to replace a work day – or a monthly bake sale, fitness challenge, team challenge, raffle, night out or lunch.
There are so many ways to not only volunteer but also fundraise at the same time.
What next?
Ask us a question:
If you’re interested in any of these roles, or would like to chat more, we would love to hear from you.
Simply fill out the form on our website and we’ll be in touch https://holg.org.uk/volunteering/
Or if you’d prefer a chat, here’s our number: 03445 611 511
Read stories here from our current volunteers to find out why they volunteer, what they do for us and what they think!
Volunteer Stories
Registered Charity No. 1191016
Wisdom Hospice, High Bank,
Rochester, Kent,
ME1 2NU
