Volunteer with Primrose Hospice
Volunteering at Primrose Hospice is a meaningful way to support people in your local community during some of the most important moments in their lives.
Whether you can give a few hours a week or occasional time, your support can make a real difference to patients, families and our wider community across Bromsgrove, Redditch and surrounding areas.
Why Volunteer with us?
Volunteering is a rewarding experience that can:
– Help you make a positive difference in your community
– Build confidence and new skills
– Provide valuable experience for your career
– Help you meet new people and feel part of a supportive team
Above all, you will be helping to provide essential care and support to those who need it most.
Who can Volunteer?
We welcome volunteers from all walks of life.
You do not need previous volunteer or hospice experience – what matters most is your willingness to help and support others.
There are opportunities to suit a range of skills, interests and availability.
Types of Volunteering opportunities:
We offer a wide range of volunteer roles, including:
– Supporting patients and families
– Helping at events and fundraising activities
– Assisting in our charity shops
– Supporting administrative and office work
– Specialist roles such as counselling or complementary therapy
Visit our vacancies page to explore current opportunities.
What to expect as a Volunteer?
– Training and support from our team
– Ongoing guidance and supervision
– Opportunities to develop your skills
– A welcoming and friendly environment
We aim to make your volunteering experience rewarding, flexible and well-supported.
Ready to get involved?
Take the next step and explore our current volunteering opportunities here.
Please note: If you haven’t heard back from us in 5 working days please get in touch with us
If you have any questions about volunteering or problems applying online please contact us using the details below.
T: 01527 871051
E: volunteering@primrosehospice.org or info@primrosehospice.org
Thank you to all our volunteers who support us throughout the year.
You can view our Volunteer Policy here.
Reception
The first point of contact for all patients and visitors, and a friendly and efficient voice on the telephone and in person. Monday to Friday 9am till 12.30pm or 12.30pm till 3.30pm.
Day Hospice
Providing a listening ear and emotional support for patients and their families as well as practical help such as serving meals and refreshments. Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 10:00am until 1:30pm.
Family Support
Adult Family Support at Primrose Hospice provides emotional and practical support for adults who are coping with bereavement or the impact of a life-limiting illness.
As a Family Support Volunteer, you’ll be offering a safe and confidential space at Primrose Hospice where individuals and families can talk and reflect.
Bereavement Support groups
Our bereavement support groups in Bromsgrove bring together people who are going through similar experiences and offer a safe, welcoming space to talk, listen and connect.
You’ll be facilitating groups of people at various stages of their bereavement.
Counselling
Our free counselling at Primrose Hospice provides a safe, confidential space where our clients can talk openly about their thoughts and feelings during difficult times.
Our trained counsellors will be supporting individuals who are coping with bereavement, a life-limiting illness, or emotional challenges, helping them make sense of their experience and find ways to cope. Our counselling sessions are held on site in our Coppice Centre.
Children’s Family Support
Our Children’s Family Support Volunteers help our children’s team to support young people who are affected by bereavement or by a life-limiting illness of someone close to them. You may be helping with one-to-one support or group activities.
Complementary Therapies
Qualified therapists provide a range of therapies including reflexology, Reiki, massage, Indian head massage, acupuncture, hypnotherapy and many more to patients and families in the relaxing Coppice Centre at Primrose Hospice.
Driving
Bringing patients and clients to the hospice and returning them home again. This allows our patients and clients to attend who would otherwise be unable to come.
Garden
Some of our garden volunteers maintain specific areas of the garden, perhaps in memory of a loved-one. Others maintain and enhance planted areas and seasonal pots. Our gardeners meet every Tuesday – however this is a flexible role that can be done to suit you.
Craft or art groups
Guide and assist our patients and clients through our living well craft or art groups, making items like cards, gifts, drawings and more, which they can keep or give as gifts to family or friends.
Shops
Primrose Hospice’s four shops are a huge part of helping us to raise the £1.95 million we need every year and they also link us with our community. There are lots of flexible shop volunteer roles, including sorting and pricing stock, restocking the shop, creating displays, serving customers at the till or tidying the shop displays and chatting to the customers.
Fundraising (Friends of Primrose)
Volunteers help with a huge variety of fundraising activities. You might be; organising or taking part in events; holding stalls and street collections; running raffles and tombola’s; distributing posters for events; running supporter groups in the local community or helping with fundraising office roles.
eBay
Volunteers help with taking photographs of donated items to be listed on our eBay. They may also help with packaging sold items ready for posting and researching items to find their value.
Primrose Voice
As a Primrose Voice you’ll be representing Primrose Hospice at events, helping people to understand our services, the impact of our care and how they can help. This role may include giving talks at various events – our team will always support you with this.
DIY & Maintenance
We have a huge variety of maintenance requests throughout the hospice, things like painting, minor fixes, updating décor, installation of technology and more. If you’ve got DIY experience – we want to hear from you.
Primrose Choir
The Primrose Choir raises thousands of pounds each year for Primrose Hospice with members giving their time and voices for free. Our choir is a friendly choir where you don’t need an audition or previous singing experience to join. All that is needed is that members should enjoy singing and want to support the hospice.
The Choir practices on Wednesday evenings at Primrose Hospice, 7.00pm – 8.30pm.
