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

• Ward activity volunteering: Support our Library Services at Moseley Hall Hospital by delivering books to patients across wards, whilst also assisting the Enhanced Car Team with engaging activities for older adults
• Green spaces and gardening: Help us maintain and enhance our outdoor spaces for patients, their families and carers, and Team BCHC staff
• Volunteer driver (patient transport volunteering): Help outpatients to get to and from their appointments by providing transport during the working week (Monday - Friday). Travel 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

We welcome individual volunteers who can give a few hours a week, a day a month, or help on a one-off basis; whatever fits your schedule. Anyone aged 18yrs and over can apply. As long as you are a compassionate and dependable person who enjoys working with others to make a difference; no previous volunteering experience is necessary, just enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved!

To apply, email your expression of interest to bchc.volunteers@nhs.net with your desired role and what your motivation is to get involved. We will send you a link to an application form where you can provide more details about yourself. We'll arrange a short informal chat to learn more about you and match you to the right opportunity. Please note that all volunteers will need to complete some mandatory training and a DBS check before starting their role with us. 

• 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.