Volunteer

Anyone can volunteer at Tynedale Hospice at Home. We have lots of different roles to suit people from all kinds of backgrounds.

Volunteer hours will depend on the volunteer role however we can be flexible with all our volunteer roles to suit you, whether you are looking for fixed hours or ad hoc.

Most opportunities will involve an informal chat with a volunteer manager for the role you are applying for. This can be in person or via a phone call.

Yes. You will be paid for reasonable expenses like travel. The exact expenses you can claim for will be confirmed once you start your volunteering role.

We give any training or inductions you’d need to carry out your volunteering role. The training you get will be different depending on what volunteering role you’re doing.

All volunteers are supported by their volunteer manager throughout their time with us. The Volunteer Coordinator is there to support volunteers throughout their time at Tynedale Hospice at Home.

The majority of our volunteer roles requires the volunteer to be 18 or over. However, our Retail Volunteer and eBay Volunteers can be 13 and over.

Once we have received your completed application a member of the team will be in touch to invite you in for an informal interview. This is an informal chat so we can find out more about you, and so you can find out more about the role and the Hospice to check that it’s the right opportunity for you. Following this, if both you and the Hospice are happy to go ahead with your volunteering placement, we will send you an offer pack with a little bit of paperwork to do. Some roles within the Hospice we require a DBS check, which we will carry out with you, and references. For certain roles we will also need to check your qualifications or driving/car details too. When all your checks are complete we will be in touch to arrange your training shifts.