At Mersey Care, our volunteers play a crucial role in supporting our mission to provide compassionate and high-quality care to our community. By joining our team as an NHS volunteer, you have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, their families, and the entire community.
Your knowledge and skills will make a huge difference and in return we will help you develop new skills and gain experience in an area of interest to you.
Why volunteer with us?
- Support your community: Help provide essential services and emotional support to those in need.
- Gain valuable experience: Acquire new skills, enhance your resume, and gain insights into the healthcare sector.
- Meet new people: Join a diverse and dedicated team of volunteers and healthcare professionals.
- Make a difference: Your time and effort can significantly improve the well-being and quality of life for many individuals.
Sue Pearson
Commitment, dependability and dedication – a perfect mix for a volunteer. Add in a passion for gardening and a pinch of sunshine and you have Sue Pearson, gardening volunteer at Peasley Cross Hospital in St Helens. This Volunteers Week, hear from Sue in our MC Magazine and why she says the country wouldn’t run without volunteers. Continue reading in our MC Magazine.
Louise Lamkin
You only have to walk down the corridors of Longmoor House integrated care unit in Aintree to see the effect Louise Lamkin has on those around her. Ward staff grin when they spot the bubbly 35 year old. They seem genuinely pleased to see her. Some ask, hopefully, if she’ll be on their ward.
Louise exudes joy. It could be because she’s doing what she loves. From an early age she would visit a local care home to chat and play games with residents.
Her passion for volunteering came when she was just ten years old.
Continue reading in our MC Magazine.
Join us today
If you're passionate about helping others and want to contribute to your community, we invite you to become an NHS volunteer with Mersey Care. Your time, energy, and compassion can make a real difference.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Volunteer Services team: volunteering
Thank you for considering volunteering with Mersey Care. Together, we can make a positive impact on our community.
We have a host of wonderful volunteers who are engaged in lots of different roles across the Trust and we want to celebrate them and their work. If you have a volunteer in your service and would like to have their dedication and hard work recognised, please get in touch with the Engagement Team and nominate them for Volunteer of the Month volunteering
To nominate a volunteer
- We ask that the attached form is completed and sent into volunteering
@merseycare.nhs.uk - Each month a volunteer nomination will be chosen and announced
- The volunteer will receive £50 gift voucher, certificate and photo taken for Mersey Care website, Your People / Your Brief etc.
- Each Volunteer of the Month will automatically be entered into Star Awards for Volunteer of the Year.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about how volunteers can support your service, please contact Collette Irving collette