What we do

The Voluntary Services Team is supported by the Sheffield Hospitals Charity.

We have around 300 active volunteers, aged from 16 to 80+ across 4 hospital sites. Our volunteers reflect the diversity of the Sheffield region, being from many different walks of life. What they all have in common is that they want to dedicate some time to helping others.

Volunteers who join the team do so for a variety of reasons including a desire to help others, to give back to the NHS after a personal experience, as a way to fill their spare time or to get experience for a future career.

STH volunteers help to improve the experiences of patients and visitors. Our volunteers tell us how rewarding they find their volunteering experience, as it gives them the opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people and give something back to the hospitals.

We offer a variety of volunteer roles.  All are non-clinical and enhance the patient experience as well as supporting the work of STH paid staff.  Examples of the roles include:

• Active Response Volunteers – an on-call service to respond to help required across the hospital site
• Outpatient volunteers – assisting patients with checking in for their appointments, providing refreshments and conversation.
• Pharmacy Runners - delivering medication to wards
• Ward Activities volunteers - who provide a welcome distraction for patients with arts and crafts and more
• Welcomer Volunteers – providing a welcoming greeting to patients and visitors
• Plus many more!