We deliver a range of services within the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre to enhance the experience of patients and their families. Volunteers assist in a number of areas interacting directly with patients and visitors to the Beatson.
Our Wellbeing Centre’s welcoming atmosphere offers patients the opportunity to rest and relax. Patients can also access a wide range of complementary therapies and wellbeing services. Our volunteers help us to provide a warm and friendly welcome to all patients, families, carers and visitors.
Our Ward Volunteers give their time to visit patients in the wards, offering companionship and someone for patients to talk to. This helps to reduce loneliness and isolation for patients which helps to improve the patients’ stay in hospital.
Our tea trolley volunteers provide tea, coffee and biscuits to patients in clinics and waiting rooms. This is a free service for patients and our volunteers really make a difference to people with their warm and friendly approach and a welcome cuppa.
Volunteers carry out a morning or afternoon shift with the refreshment trolley. In parts of the hospital, we also offer a lunchtime service with sandwiches, yoghurts and fruit.
This role involves the use of a hot water urn, making tea and coffee as well as some physical effort pushing the trolley around the hospital. Comfortable shoes are a must as there is some walking around and you are on your feet for your full shift which is around 2-3 hours. As well as tea, our volunteers provide patients with a chat and a warm, friendly environment.
No cash handling experience is required as this is a free service for the patients.
Our Telephone Befriending is a friendship service for people affected by cancer. The aim of the role is to help reduce anxiety, feelings of social isolation and loneliness. Our Telephone Befrienders make weekly telephone calls to their befriending clients to provide conversation and companionship as well as signposting to other sources of support; financial, mental health, practical, and COVID-19 related.
Our volunteers provide one-to-one companionship with patients and individuals. We are looking for friendly volunteers who are good listeners. If you are confident and able to initiate conversation, this could be the perfect role for you.
All of the above opportunities are generally on a regular basis undertaking a 4 hour shift each week.
If you've got any questions about volunteering, or would like to chat about your skills and availability, feel free to contact us by email, by calling 0141 212 0505.
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