Our Hospice Neighbour scheme brings our patients together with people in their local community who are willing to provide simple social and practical support.
Supporting someone at the end of their life isn't just about providing medical care. You can add an important layer of extra support and enable our patients to live as good a quality of life as possible.
Our Hospice Neighbours are matched to a patient in their local community. They offer social and/or practical assistance through regular or one off visits. Some of the things you might do include:
They do not provide clinical or personal care.
If you have good listening skills and enjoy interacting with people we'd love to hear from you.
We welcome any amount of time you can give us. Some of Hospice Neighbours volunteer one hour a week, others might offer more. We can work with you on what time you can spare.
Visits will take place at a mutually convenient time with the patient which may be morning, afternoon or evening. This can be fitted in around your work and other commitments.
We need Hospice Neighbours across the Bristol area, but we are currently particularly looking for people in Hanham, Kingswood, Longwell Green, Knowle, Brislington, Whitchurch, Bishopsworth, Clevedon and Nailsea.
We want you to gain something positive from the time you generously donate to us. Our volunteers often tell us they:
We provide full training and support is always available. We pride ourselves on looking after our volunteers.
Our new Neighbour volunteers are required to carry out an enhanced DBS check, and you will need to be 18 years old and over.
To see current opportunities and apply online to become a Hospice Neighbour, click on the button below.
If you'd like to talk it through first, we'd love to hear from you. Contact Vanessa in the Volunteer Team on 07442 418204 or volunteer@stpetershospice.org
