Community Volunteering hub

The last few years have seen some very significant changes in hospice volunteering as volunteers have become increasingly involved in the direct support of people with palliative and end of life care (PEOLC) needs in the community, along with their families and carers.

This resource hub is informed by evidence gathered from a survey of hospice community volunteering undertaken by Hospice UK. 

For the purposes of the resource, community volunteering is defined as "volunteering, undertaken out with the hospice building, directly supporting people with palliative and end of life care needs in their homes."

The aims of the project were to:

- Map the extent of community volunteering activity in hospice organisations.

- Gather information about the services already in place and identify any barriers to developing such services.

- Create an electronic resource to help the development of voluntary support in this context.