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Young Volunteers and Duke of Edinburgh

Supporting local young people to volunteer for their local hospice

Kick start your future!

We are proud to have nearly 90 young volunteers giving us their time all across Prospect Hospice. We work closely with schools and organisations in Swindon to ensure young people and those entering the Duke of Edinburgh award are able to kick start their future and learn an array of skills, meet new people and help give back to the community.

Why volunteer for Prospect Hospice?

• Build skills and experience
• Specific retail and customer service experience and the opportunity to gain NVQs
• Boosts CV and UCAS forms
• Work towards volunteering awards (Duke of Edinburgh)

Have a look at the profiles of some of our young volunteers explaining why they volunteer and their experiences so far.

If you are interested, and 14 years of age or above, please fill in the form below and a member of the Voluntary Services team will be in contact. Alternatively, you can pop in to your local Prospect Hospice shop and speak to the manager directly.

Have any summer plans? Volunteer for us by completing this form.

  • DD slash MM slash YYYY
    Please note you must be at least 16 to apply to volunteer at Prospect Hospice.
  • Please note down, the days and times you would be available such as Thursday mornings, weekends, etc.
  • Please supply their name, address, telephone number, email address and relationship to you.
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975)

    The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act helps rehabilitated ex-offenders back into work by removing the need for them to declare criminal convictions after the rehabilitation period set by the Court has elapsed and the convictions become "spent". During the rehabilitation period, convictions are referred to as "unspent" convictions and must be declared to employers. Prospect Hospice undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against applicants on the basis of a criminal conviction or other information declared. If you are applying for a role involving access to persons in receipt of health services, your offer of placement may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Failure to reveal information relating to any convictions could lead to withdrawal of a volunteering placement. In order to protect certain vulnerable groups within society, there are a number of roles at Prospect Hospice that are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If the role you have applied for falls within this category, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants for such roles are not entitled to withhold any information about convictions or other relevant criminal record information which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. Any information provided will be confidential and will be considered only in relation to roles to which the Order applies. From 12 October 2009 under the terms of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006), all positions involving regulated and certain controlled activity with children and vulnerable adults and which are carried out frequently, intensively or overnight will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. You will be advised whether the role for which you are applying is exempt.
  • Declaration

    Information from this application may be processed for purposes permitted under the General Data Protection Regulation. Individuals have, on written request, the right of access to personal data held about them. Prospect Hospice treats personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with its data protection policy. Information about how your data is used and the basis for processing your data is provided in the privacy notice.

To apply

If you’re interested in volunteering for us, please complete the above form or click here to email us.

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