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Volunteering

At Sanctuary Care, we offer volunteering opportunities and work experience placements at all our care homes. The aim of our volunteering programme is to further enrich the lives of our residents, whilst also giving the community a taste of the volunteering experience. Our work experience placements help students and job seekers to develop their confidence and gain skills that they can use in paid employment.

You will need to follow our latest Covid guidance on testing and the use of Personal Protective Equipment etc.

A volunteering placement or work experience?

Both volunteering and completing a work experience placement with Sanctuary Care are very rewarding and will help boost your confidence whilst you gain important life skills. Both are unpaid opportunities which give you the chance to get an overview of working in a care home.

A work experience placement is usually completed during the holidays or as part of an educational course. For example, Health and Social Care students are required to attend a placement in a real work environment to support their learning (usually between 100 and 200 hours in total). Importantly, work experience gives people who are undecided about a career choice an opportunity to experience what that job could be like, helping them to make an informed decision.

Volunteering is usually undertaken over a longer period, and gives you the opportunity to share your skills and hobbies with our care home residents. For example, you may be a keen crafter, and be able to lend your skills to a regular workshop or activity session for our residents. Giving your time freely in this way is very special and our volunteers tell us how empowered they feel making a real difference to our residents' lives.

For more information on volunteering or work experience placements, click on the document you would like to view below: 

 


 

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Stay up to date with our latest news and successes! Browse our bulletin section for published newsletters featuring a comprehensive calendar of events across all our voluntary placements.


 

Volunteer Stories

Preethi – our volunteer pianist

A Q&A with Preethi on her volunteering experience at our Princess Louise of Kensington Nursing Home.

Read Preethi's story

Eve and Rick Warren – our Meadows House Day Care Centre volunteers

A Q&A with Eve and Rick Warren – our Meadows House Day Care Centre volunteers

Read Rick and Eve's story

The Challenge logoOver 500 teenagers have volunteered in Sanctuary Care homes as part of the National Citizen Service programme.

Read more about their contribution

Student paramedics with one of our Sanctuary Care residentsAround 200 trainee healthcare students are getting work experience with Sanctuary Care.

Read their story