Prospect Hospice has been providing end of life care to the people of Swindon and north east Wiltshire for over 40 years. Find out more about where we've come from and who we are here.
Find out about the range of end-of-life care services that we offer to patients and their families. These delivered free of charge and are designed to provide compassionate, personalised support during every stage of a life-limiting illness in every kind of care setting, to anyone who needs it.
We couldn’t do what we do without considerable support from our local community. Find out all the different ways in which you can support Prospect Hospice, including fundraising, volunteering and purchasing from our shops. All contributions are greatly appreciated and enables us to deliver care that is free of charge to our patients and their families.
At Prospect Hospice, we are proud of the remarkable contribution made by our volunteers, which is absolutely vital to our work.
There are many ways in which volunteers can get involved, sharing their skills and experience to help us deliver high quality end-of-life services. We have volunteers in over 50 different roles that vary from supporting the care of patients and families at the hospice and in the community, helping in our charity shops and driving patients, to helping our fundraising team generate the money we need to operate and tending to our gardens.
We welcome volunteers from the age of 14 in our shops, and 17 in most other roles, meaning we have opportunities for all who wish to be involved.
We’ve always recognised the importance of our volunteers and in 2016 were given the prestigious Investing in Volunteers award. Prospect Hospice was one of only five hospices in England to have achieved this. In 2020 we were reaccredited with the award, recognising that Prospect Hospice continues to demonstrate a commitment to providing an excellent volunteer experience.
In this section you can find out about our current volunteer opportunities and how to apply for them, as well as what you can expect from us. Additionally, you can read the volunteer profiles, which describe what volunteering feels like for some of the people who already give us their time.
If you would like to join our volunteer team please register you interest, or if you would like more information please contact us on 01793 816193 or email volunteering@prospect-hospice.net
We asked our staff what our volunteers mean to them, and this is what they had to say…
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Su Starkey, head of volunteering, learning and inclusion at the hospice, answers your questions.
May 2023
February 2023