Fundraising

We need to raise £3 million per year to sustain the work of Hope House Children’s Hospices. We endeavour to raise this money in a variety of ways including:

Charity Shops

The shops receive donated items of clothing and bric-a-brac from the public and sell them at a reasonable price. The teams in the shops are led by a friendly manager and assistant manager. Volunteers can help with any aspect of work including serving customers in the front of the shop or sorting clothes, books or bric a brac in the back. There is a lot of work to be done so no one is ever bored! Shops organise nights out and fun events where paid and volunteer staff socialise together. Check out the shops page for more information on you local shop.

Friends Groups

These are groups of interested people who get together to raise funds for Hope House. They are supported by their local fundraiser but are independent and manage their own events. Why not join the local group or even consider setting up a group of your own? See the fundraising page for details of your local group.

Help out at an event

Hope House has stalls and stands all over the region throughout the year. If you have less time to give or don’t want to make a regular commitment this is the Volunteering Opportunity for you! You can commit for as little as 2 hours once a year! And still do a great deal to raise funds for Hope House.

Hospice

Housekeeping

Keeping our hospices clean and tidy is a big job. Can you help? We ask for a commitment of one morning or afternoon per week.

Gardens

The children and families who use our hospices love to spend time in the extensive gardens. Could you help us to keep them neat and safe? You could help out with general maintenance or ‘adopt’ a bed or area to look after.

Driving

We need people with a clean driving license to help by driving children and their families together with a member of the care team to the hospice from home or from the hospice to days out or to hospital appointments etc.

This may be in your own car or (after training) in our specially adapted minibus. We ask for you to be ‘on-call’ one day a week or one day a fortnight.

Building Bridges

We need people with special skills such as youth workers, social workers, counsellors (all qualified or part qualified) to work with our bereaved siblings group - Building Bridges.

What does Hope House  offer volunteers?

Induction

Volunteers have a thorough induction to the hospice. This is a chance to learn about what we do and to check that volunteering at Hope House or Ty Gobaith is for you. Unfortunately you may have to wait for the next induction session before you can start volunteering.

Training

All volunteers get basic training at induction. Certain roles have extra specialised training. This might be ‘on the job’ as in the shops or a course for driving the minibus safely.

The Volunteer Team

We aim to hold regular volunteer team get-togethers where you can find out about any new developments at the Hospice. Hope House’s mission statement is:

"Making the most of short and precious lives"

By being a volunteer you can help us to fulfil this mission.

Contact us

If you are interested in volunteering in your local shop please pop in and introduce yourself. If you say you are interested in volunteering you will get a very warm welcome!

For all other volunteering opportunities please ring or e-mail our Human Resources Manager, Anne Goulding on

Tel: 01691 679 679

E-Mail: volunteer@hopehouse.org.uk