Volunteering

Volunteers at Chestnut Tree House give far more than just their time; they contribute greatly to improving quality of life for patients and their carers. They can also achieve maximum job satisfaction and the opportunity to realise their own potential. There are so many ways in which volunteers can help us:

• Reception
  
• Light housekeeping duties
  
• Kitchen, for example, baking
  
• Gardening
  
• Charity shops at Arundel and Billingshurst
  
• Fundraising
  
• Clerical and general office work
  
• Complementary therapy
  
• Transport
  
• Education catering
  
• Our retail distribution centre at Storrington
  

Anyone interested in volunteering must be aged 16 years or over. Registration includes an interview and completion of a registration form and health questionnaire, and two personal references are asked for.

The same registration process applies to volunteers who want to help in our charity shops. We encourage them to have three trial sessions in the shop before deciding if they would like to register.

Chestnut Tree House uses the Criminal Records Bureau service, those volunteers who may be working with children or vulnerable adults are asked to go through this process before they are accepted.

Potential volunteers who have had a major bereavement recently are asked to wait a year before starting with us.

We are happy to talk to any groups interested in volunteering opportunities.

If you are interested, please contact Jacqui in Voluntary Services on 01903 261132 or email volunteers@stbh.org.uk. A list of our current volunteer vacancies can be found below under 'Related links'.

New volunteer opportunity - Collecting Tins Co-ordinator

To find out more about who we are, what we do and how you can support the hospice, please click below to download our Chestnut Tree House information booklet.

Volunteering form

If you wish to volunteer your services or recieve more information on how you can help us, please use our volunteering form. Read*more*-->