03/09/2025
Meet our newest Butterfly Volunteers, who provide a special and compassionate service designed to support patients who are nearing the end of their life, and their families.🦋
The new volunteers joined us this week, bringing the Butterfly team to 16 - and they have all also been trained in hand massage to offer another personal touch to their selfless volunteering service.
Since launching in May, our new Butterfly Volunteers have already spent over 200 hours with patients and completed 300+ visits, supporting more than 150 patients in total.
We’ve been receiving some incredibly moving feedback which really shows the impact of the service:
♥“I didn’t think a stranger could bring comfort, but you sat with me like an old friend.”
♥“Thank you for being there when I couldn’t do it alone.”
♥“He slept most of the time but your visit made me feel less alone, like someone saw me too.”
We are pleased to have a number of local people who have kindly signed up as Butterfly Volunteers, but if you'd like to join, please email gwh.butterflyvolunteers@nhs.net.
