Volunteers at Somerset Foundation Trust

05/12/2025

Today is an International Volunteer Day!
We would like to thank all our wonderful volunteers for all you do today and every day 💙
If you would like to learn more about the history of the Volunteer Day - you can do so here https://www.unv.org/Basic-Page/International-Volunteer-Day-overview

02/12/2025

The Friends Shop at Yeovil Hospital are in need of volunteers on a Thursday and Friday 3 - 6pm and occasional Saturday afternoons. If you would like to support the shop and volunteer, please click the link below.

They are also in need of adhoc volunteers who can cover holiday leave etc. so if you can't commit every week, but would like to give your time when you can, please do apply on the link below.

https://somersetnhsfoundationtrust.goassemble.com/opportunities/100797-shop-volunteer-yeovil-hospital-shop-volunteer-2025-10-30

01/12/2025

Do you have an interest in health research?
We are looking for volunteers to help drive our new Mobile Research Unit - the lovely team visited Eat Yeovil in November and would like your help to take the MRU to more community locations. The MRU is based at Musgrove Park Hospital so ability to travel to MPH is essential.
Please follow the link to find out more https://somersetnhsfoundationtrust.goassemble.com/opportunities/102201-mobile-research-unit-driver-volunteer-mobile-research-unit-driver-volunteer-2025-11-21

24/11/2025

One of our volunteers Fen is completing a challenge of giving back to the NHS in volunteering as many hours as she spent in hospital in 2020, not really realising how many hours there are in 11 weeks: 1848!!

She helps with vaccination clinics and since 2023 has also volunteered in Yeovil Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

From Fen: "I’m hoping to complete my challenge by the end of this year and would really like to celebrate getting there by fundraising for the Beacon Centre at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. This is the cancer centre where one of the lovely Yeovil ICU nurses, Jo, who looked after me, is now being treated and where I used to work."

Help Fen Lewen raise money to support Love Musgrove

20/11/2025

WELCOME TO OUR FABULOUS NEW VOLUNTEERS! 🤩🤩🤩
We are very happy to announce the start of our new volunteer team at BWH. A recent recruitment drive led by Izzy Legg (PA and Senior Administrator) and supported by the Trust volunteer coordinator Anne Suosilta (at the left of the picture) has led to a new volunteer team at the hospital. This means that hospitals users are welcomed most weekday mornings and afternoons by a friendly volunteer who will help them to find their way to their appointment or help in whatever way they can. They are also helping on the ward.

Please stop and talk to our volunteers and make them feel welcome, as they are a very valuable part of our team>

GO TEAM VOLUNTEERS! 🧡🧡🧡

31/10/2025

We had a busy office this morning with some of our lovely volunteers completing their mandatory training.

As a team we are here to support our volunteers and will do whatever we can to help, whether that's providing them with a laptop to use in hospital, supporting them on their own device or just being around in case they have any questions during the training.

24/10/2025

Graham, one of our Meet and Greet volunteers has been doing another role in the trust this week, selling poppies outside the League of Friends Shop. Well done Graham, keep up the fab work.

16/10/2025

We have a new role within our mental health teams at Yeovil Hospital and Musgrove Park Hospital.

We are in need of volunteers to support our Psych Liaison Team (PLT) to visit their patients, offering a friendly ear, support in identifying activities that they can complete on discharge, applicable to those individuals.

As a Mental Health Visiting Companion you will be a part of a wider team, but working independently, with support from PLT. You will need to be confident with talking to new people and able to make small talk.

With working and supporting patients with PLT, they could be in for a number of reasons, including infections, surgery, self harming etc. This is something you will be supported with by the team, however resilience will be something you will need to complete this role.

Shifts at Yeovil Hospital are Tuesdays or Thursdays 1 - 4.30pm

Shifts at Musgrove Park Hospital are Monday, Wednesday or Friday 1 - 4.30pm.

To apply for the Yeovil role please go to https://somersetnhsfoundationtrust.goassemble.com/opportunities/98544-mental-health-visiting-companion-volunteer-2025-10-01

For the Musgrove role please go to
https://somersetnhsfoundationtrust.goassemble.com/opportunities/99390-mental-health-visiting-companion-volunteer-2025-10-01

15/10/2025

09/10/2025

Our lovely volunteers have been helping out the cardiology department recently due to their relocation to level 2. Thank you to everyone who has given their time for this ad-hoc volunteering

08/10/2025

06/10/2025

On Friday Sarah joined the volunteer meeting that was being held for our Oncology Volunteers based at St Margaret's. It was great to see the volunteers and talk all things mandatory training. The cake was a nice bonus too!!