St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice is using National Volunteers Week to thank all its helpers.
Organisations across Cheshire are celebrating the week from June 1 to 7, and St Luke’s bosses know the hospice could not function without them.
Siobhan Horton, matron and clinical director of St Luke’s, said: “We are only able to provide the high quality of care we do because of the dedication of hundreds of volunteers who give their time freely.
“St Luke’s Hospice has an incredible team of volunteers who make a real difference.”
Volunteers vary in age and background and are valued for their diverse talents, skills and commitment.
The hospice, its patients and staff benefit from volunteers through increased support, helping to give care to community members at a vulnerable time in their lives.
St Luke’s commercial director Andrea Fragata Ladeira added: “In 2012 our volunteers contributed 79,014 hours of their time.
“This was equivalent to £488,000 if national minimum wage was paid, or a massive £754,000 at equivalent NHS salary scales. This is a truly remarkable service to St Luke’s.
“On behalf of everyone at St Luke’s we say a massive thank you to every single volunteer.”
St Luke’s has vacancies for volunteers in hospice shops and cafes, on the red London bus known as The Frock Stop, driving patients to appointments, helping with one off events such as street collections, and helping man supermarket collections and bag packing.
Find out more by visiting www.stlukes-hospice.co.uk/volunteer, call 01606 555689.
For more information about St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice visit www.stlukes-hospice.co.uk
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