This page is for us to promote the volunteering opportunities within Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
03/07/2025
We are so proud of all of our volunteers but well done to Mark on winning the volunteer award this evening. A very well deserved award.
Andy Heron, chief operating officer, presents our next award, the Volunteer, Patient Partner or Expert by Experience Award.
Congratulations to our winner - Mark Felstead!
Since joining Yeovil District Hospital in 2018, Mark has become an irreplaceable part of the chaplaincy team. Mark gives his time generously, offering emotional and spiritual care to patients, families, and colleagues, including those experiencing baby loss, and tailoring funeral services with sensitivity across faiths and beliefs. His selflessness, versatility, and dedication have had a profound and lasting impact on our hospital community. Thank you Mark, and congratulations! 💙
10/06/2025
The lovely Luna and Ian started today at Yeovil Hospital as our newest Pet as Therapy volunteers. They both made a great impression on patients today.
04/06/2025
03/06/2025
Behind her orange hospital volunteer uniform, there is more to Jessica than you might expect…
Jessica spent three decades as a mineral economist before swapping her pinstriped business suits and kitten heels for dungarees and welly boots for a further 15 years as a sheep farmer! 🐑
Now, Jessica volunteers at Yeovil Hospital supporting as a mealtime companion and in our dementia-friendly garden., allowing her to reconnect with her community and enjoy a varied lifestyle where every shift is filled with human interaction. Her passion for learning has led her to complete training in dementia and end-of-life care, and now she’s stepping into a new role as one of our trust governors!
As we begin Volunteers’ Week, we thank Jessica and all our volunteers past and present who give their time, heart and energy to support our patients and colleagues to provide exceptional care 🧡
02/06/2025
On day 1 of Volunteers week, we wanted to say thank you to all of our incredible volunteers. Did you know from June to December in 2024, our fantastic volunteers donated an incredible 21,185 hours to SFT. This covers vaccination hubs, ward roles, admin roles and more.
We are so grateful for every bit of time donated by these fantastic individuals. Thank you!
28/05/2025
We are in need of a willing volunteer to support the Speech and Language Teams to put together communication booklets for non-verbal patients.
The role involves laminating and cutting pages that have been designed by the Speech and Language team to support patients to communicate with their family, friends and schools.
The role is based in Holly Court in Yeovil (off Preston Road), on a Wednesday (times to suit volunteer).
To find out more about the role or to apply please click the link below:
If you have some time to give and are able to support, please do apply. For any questions, please email VolunteeringSFT@Somersetft.nhs.uk
Are you interested in a career in health, but not completely sure what you want to do? We are running a volunteer to career program starting in June as a Welfare Volunteer.
This role will give you the opportunity to volunteer for 10 weeks at Yeovil Hospital, in 3 different roles.
The roles will include 2 weeks with the porters team, 3 weeks as a meet and greet volunteer in ED and 3 weeks with our Dementia Team. You will also get additional training in application writing and interview techniques through our Workforce Development team, job matching support and a session with our apprenticeship manager, discussing options available within the trust.
These roles will enable you to discover different parts of the trust, engage in training specific to de-escalation techniques, observe health care assistants, porters, receptionists and more.
Please note, this volunteer opportunity does not guarantee you a position. This is an opportunity for you to discover if a career in health is for you.
Closing date for applications on Sunday 11th May with interviews taking place on Tuesday 13th May at Yeovil Hospital
07/05/2025
We currently have 2 vacancies for a Meet and Greet volunteer within our dedicated Breast Cancer Unit on a Wednesday 9am - 1pm and 1pm -3pm.
If you'd like to find out more about the role, please click the link below.
We are in need of willing volunteers to support in our Breast Care Unit, the Maple Unit. If you have a morning or afternoon available to support please do apply.
04/04/2025
We welcomed a new volunteer to our ASPIRE volunteers at Yeovil Hospital yesterday. ASPIRE supports patients who have had a stroke to exercise safely and to help their recovery once discharged from hospital.
02/04/2025
Our first volunteer at Burnham Medical Centre will be starting on Tuesday next week. The lovely Tony has years of experience meeting and greeting patients at Musgrove Park Hospital, and will now be offering his support to patients at Burnham Medical Centre.
If you are interested in becoming a Meet and Greet Volunteer at Burnham Medial Centre, please click the link below for more information.
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My name is Sam Bracher and I am the Youth Volunteer Coordinator at Yeovil District Hospital,
Working with young people and enabling them to acheive thier potential is a huge passion of mine, and it is an absolute privilege to be able to carry out this work here at YDH.
We have been lucky enough to have recieved funding from the PEARS foundation in order to run a youth volunteering scheme (more information via link below) and I am currently working with local schools, colleges, youth groups and staff here at the hospital to set up and run 8 week programs over the year for young volunteers to come on board. Not only to give assistance in many areas of the hospital, but also gain an enormous amount of new life long skills by volunteering here at YDH.
We have many different departments for young voulnteers to come in to, ranging from Occupational therapy to helping with Mealtimes and bed making on the wards, or being a friendly faces to greet our patients and visitors at the main reception, Yeovil Hospital can offer young people from all areas of life an opportunity to “give and gain” at the same time.
I understand most school leavers are commited to further education and timetables can vary, we can offer evening and weekend volunteering placements and I would like to be as flexible as possible to accomodate, during your 8 week program here with us and I will be asking for a commitment of 2 x three hour shifts per week in order to complete your program.
The hospital already relies on over 320 adult volunteers and they are a valuble and essential part of the day to day running of the hospital dedicating over 50,000 hours of thier time to us.
I am so excited to be able to help increase this number with new young volunteers supporting the Hospital and in assisting teenagers to build a positive future for themselves.
