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Celebrating our wonderful volunteers

Celebrating our wonderful volunteers

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17/05/2021

National Volunteer Week 2021 - Recognise. Reconnect. Reimagine.

Celebrating our wonderful volunteers

National Volunteer Week (external site) (17-23 May 2021) is an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation's volunteers.

The 2021 theme is: Recognise. Reconnect. Reimagine. which acknowledges that it is time to:

  • RECOGNISE, celebrate and thank volunteers for the vital role they play in making our communities stronger, especially during times of need, crisis or isolation.
  • RECONNECT to what is important by giving our time to help others, our local community or a cause we value.
  • REIMAGINE how we better support volunteers and the organisations they help so that they can continue to do the necessary work that they do.

At NMHS we recognise the impact our volunteers over all our sites and services have on the patient journey and of course the invaluable assistance they also provide to NMHS staff.

We recognise all our volunteers but have managed to feature a few and find out what they enjoy most about being a volunteer….

Ilse Smith

Meet Ilse Smith

SCGH Auxiliary President

"I was asked to join the SCGH Auxiliary as a volunteer in their Kiosk by a long serving member some 10 years ago. I can honestly say it has been a most rewarding experience. Meeting a great variety of people and helping them in many small ways to negotiate the hospital environment through our shop, selling snacks, drinks and gifts to lift the spirit of patients and visitors alike."

Meet Maureen Davies

SCGH Volunteer committee member

"I enjoy working in Charlies Gifts & More (previously knows as the Auxiliary shop) because I like talking and serving visitors to the hospital.I enjoy working in Charlies Gifts & More (previously knows as the Auxiliary shop) because I like talking and serving visitors to the hospital.

Also it gives me a chance to catch up with staff I know from working in the hospital for 30 years prior to my retirement."

Maureen Davies
Sherryl Kelly

Meet Sherryl Kelly

Osborne Park Hospital

You’ll find Sherryl at the Osborne Café at OPH making delicious meals for visitors, staff and patients. Sherryl has volunteered at OPH for six years and loves coming to the hospital and giving back. Sherryl enjoys the camaraderie working alongside other volunteers and interacting with the nurses and doctors in a beautiful hospital environment.

Meet Christine Grayson

SCGH Breast Cancer Clinic

“I came to the Breast Cancer Clinic after volunteering elsewhere at Charlie’s and found the clinic a great place to be. The atmosphere is wonderful and the clinic is one big team helping women and men to cope with the news that they have breast cancer. During the time I serve tea and coffee I try to help people forget by chatting and sometimes managing to bring a smile or laughter to the situation.”

Christine Grayson
Bev Jackson-Hooper

Meet Bev Jackson-Hooper

SCGH Breast Cancer Clinic

“I joined Breast Centre team at the beginning of the COVID lockdown last year. I had a lovely Volunteer experience I will never forget that made the offer of a cup of tea and a chat at PMH when my son was a very sick little baby.

I love to offer the same friendly smile and a cuppa to Patients when they walk into our clinic not knowing what their future holds for them.”

Meet the OPH Stroke Peer Support Program (SPSP)

The SPSP began in 2015 to provide OPH stroke patients with ongoing support which is greatly assisted by visiting stroke volunteers.

OPH Stroke Peer Support Program (SPSP)
Lois Egerton-Warburton

Meet Lois Egerton-Warburton

Women & Infants Research Foundation volunteer since July 2002 based at King Edward Memorial Hospital, now in her 19th year donating her time to help in the patients, doctors, clerical staff and nurses of the Oncology clinic.

“Volunteering is something very special, and apart from the beautiful patients to whom I serve morning tea, and have a kindly word, I really leave the hospital with a spring in my step, hoping that I have made someone’s day a little brighter. I must not forget the lovely doctors, nurses and clerical staff who always make me feel special."

Meet Sophia Lego

Our Graylands Hospital Volunteer Service (GHVS) ‘go-to girl’ Sophia Lego is doing her masters in clinical psychology at UWA and has been volunteering at Graylands Hospital for 2 years. Sophia has helped out in all aspect of the service at Graylands Hospital including helping at the kiosk, at Christmas parties, working on the patient ‘Comfort Trolley’, and in delivering birthday presents to patients. Sophia is also designing a new website for the service is also now a GHVS committee member!

Sophia Lego
Anne Wills

Meet Anne Wills

Graylands Hospital Volunteer Service (GHVS)

Anne Wills is our deputy chairman and has been volunteering for around 10 years. After a career as an auditor, Anne is now retired. Along with her committee duties she volunteers at the second hand shop every Monday.

Thank you to all our amazing volunteers - we appreciate and value your contribution to our health service.

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Last Updated: 24/09/2021
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