Volunteering for us

Volunteering with a charity is a great way to give back to your local community whilst learning new skills, boosting your wellbeing, and gaining valuable experience of the way charities work to make a difference. There are so many fun, exciting, and rewarding ways to work with BCHC Charity to help us continue in our mission to enhance patient experience, improve care, and support our NHS colleagues.

• Impact lives directly: Your time can bring comfort, joy, and practical help to patients, their families, and NHS staff
• Learn and grow: Gain new skills, meet new people, and gain experience in healthcare charity work
• Be part of something bigger: Join a community of like-minded people making a real difference to the service users of Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust

• Team building: Volunteer days for charities are a fantastic team building exercise for corporate groups; get to know each other better whilst making a difference for your local community

• Charity Hub Volunteer: Be a friendly face at our Charity Hub at Moseley Hall Hospital. You'll welcome patients, visitors, and staff whilst raising awareness of BCHC Charity and our campaigns and events. Volunteers support the smooth running of the Charity Hub by assisting with donations, promotional materials, and occasional wayfinding within the hospital.
• Charity Volunteer: Directly support the Charity Team with a range of admin tasks, events (including corporate volunteering days), and other practical activities that assist the Charity's day-to-day work. This is an ad hoc role, with opportunities based on the Charity's needs at the time.
• Green Space Volunteer: Help look after and improve our outdoor spaces so that they are enjoyable and welcoming for patients, their families and carers, and BCHC staff
• Ward Activity Volunteer: Spend time with patients on the wards, supporting our Enhanced Care Team to run activity sessions such as games or crafts. You'll also have the chance to chat with patients, helping to lift their mood and reduce feelings of isolation and boredom
• Volunteer Driver (Patient Transport Volunteer): Help outpatients to get to and from their appointments during the working week (Monday - Friday) by providing transport. Mileage costs are reimbursed. Volunteers will need to have; their own car with at least 4 doors, a clean driving license with at least 12 months experience of driving, and proof of MOT, insurance, and road tax for their vehicle

If you are aged 18 or over, reliable and caring, and enjoy working with others to make a positive difference, we would love to hear from you.

How to Apply

All volunteers will be required to complete a short induction, mandatory training, and, where applicable, a DBS check before starting their volunteering role. 

• Events: Support us on a one-off or recurring basis at Charity events that are taking place in local Birmingham communities
• Green spaces: Help us maintain and enhance our outdoor spaces for patients, their families and carers, and Team BCHC staff through weeding, trimming, litter-picking and planting
• Project-based volunteering: This could include activities to support the delivery of charity-funded projects and items, such as wrapping gifts for patients for Christmas, packing support bags with items to help those most vulnerable in the community, and more
• Arts: BCHC Charity are pleased to offer craft supplies to allow volunteers to create decorations and greetings cards for inpatient birthdays and other festivities, knitted hearts for our bereavement memory boxes, and more

If you are a company, community group, or college interested in volunteering with us as a group, email your expression of interest to bchc.volunteers@nhs.net and we will be in touch to discuss the best volunteering opportunities for you and your team.