Last year we reported that we were strengthening our links with the
community to help attract new volunteers to St. Clare’s and we are pleased
to report that through our initiatives we have successfully recruited 111 new
volunteers during this year. We work closely with a variety of organisations,
including the Department for Work and Pensions who regularly provide us
with volunteers to help out for a day. We also work with local Job Centres,
schools and colleges who look to us to provide work experience and
volunteering opportunities for job seekers, students and young people.
Compared to last year, our volunteer turnover has reduced by 16.5% year
on year but we are still struggling to recruit sufficient volunteers for our retail
operation as over 75% of our volunteer workforce is needed for this area.
Other areas of volunteering have gone from strength to strength with our
gardening team of volunteers now increased to three and all school holidays
completely filled throughout the year in Day Care, with young people
aspiring to a career in medicine seeking their first experience in a Hospice
environment.
Overall we have an excellent team of loyal volunteers who tirelessly give
up their time to a much needed and worthy cause, thank you never seems
enough to say we will write it in bold and say it again
THANK YOU
to each
and every one of you!
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