Trumpet Voluntary
"The very essence of all good organisation is that everybody should do her (or his) own work in such a way as to help and not to hinder everyone else's work"
Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses 1914
Right across Britain there is a huge army of volunteers doing sterling work in hospitals and other care facilities making a huge difference to the quality of the patients' experience.
- A midwife offers some simple, but brilliant ideas for mothers in labour
- A supply of long straws by the bed help patients drink when they struggle to sit up
- Large Piece Adult Jigsaws can help those with limited hand movements or partial sight
- Age Concern video highlights the problems facing older people
- Age UK continue campaign to avoid malnutrition in hospital
- Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust - exceptional voluteering scheme
- Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust volunteers 'pamper' staff round the clock
- Aintree University hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has 700 + volunteers to lend a helping hand
- Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust volunteers make the world of difference in A&E
- Alzheimer's Society encourages communication skills by 'Singing for the Brain'
- Alzheimer's Society explain how to understand and respect someone with dementia
- Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust lifts the spirits of patients and relatives through art
- Bingo and other board games help residents with short term memory loss to play their part
- Birds round a bird table provide hours of gentle entertainment for patients in hospital
- Blankets can bring warmth and comfort to immobile patients
- Board Games can restore confidence of people with short term memory problems
- Bringing your own pillow to hospital can make perfect sense (scents)
- British Geriatric Society launch campaign 'Do not forget the person'
- British Geriatric Society urge staff and relatives to keep older people's glasses sparkling clean
- British Geriatric Society urge staff to check that batteries work in older people's hearing aids
- British Lung Foundation offer Breathe Easy Support groups
- British Red Cross offer therapeutic care
- CALL Cancer Aid and Listening Line in Manchester
- Car drives to a local beauty spot give pleasure to many residents in Care homes
- Many patients may be reluctant to eat because their teeth or mouth are sore..but not everyone checks
- Clearly written notes, clearly displayed can help carers care for patients in the community
- conkerrcancer.org is a project that delivers cheerful pillows to sick children in hospital
- Crossroads Care is the leading provider of support for carers and the people they care for
- Cruse Bereavement Care helps bereaved people cope with their loss
- Derby City General Hospital's Big Yellow Bus now has volunteers on hand to help.
- Digital photo frames enable patients with limited movement to enjoy many photographs
- Dignity Action Day 2012 - bigger than ever
- District Nursing Student gives common sense advice on pain management
- DIY foot spa can be a relaxing treat for some long term patients
- Dorset County hospital, Dorchester run a 'Diners Club' for stroke patients
- Dorset County Hospital Stroke unit volunteers make a huge difference
- Alzheimer's Society urges early diagnosis of dementia to help patients and relatives plan the future
- Entertainment possibilities in the local community for older people in care or at home
- Epsom, St Helier and Sutton hospitals thank volunteers with a tea party at the races
- Shakespeare Hospice - Family Support
- AHVRP extraordinary awards includes 'Friend to friend grocery and pharmacy shopping'
- Gift ideas for older long stay patients
- Gold Painted Toilet Plunger awarded to best 'jack of all trades' volunteer
- Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield organise Day Out for hard- working Volunteers
- Headway offers advice and support for anyone affected by a brain injury
- Heartlands Hospital patients have 'Dior' make-over
- Heartlands Hospital invites school choir's to sing to patients and relatives
- Hospital Board members become volunteers for the day
- Interact Reading Service provides entertainment and therapy for stroke victims
- Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust use Memory Suitcases to help patients with dementia
- Knitting and other simple skills help patients with dementia feel valued
- Labelled family photos around the bed can help staff relate to patients with communication problems
- AHVRP gives award to 'Life Histories' project at Banner Baywood Medical Centre and Heart Hospital.
- Sensitively applied make-up can lift the spirits of patients and their carers
- Manchester City Council do 'Dignity in Care' with style and energy
- Mindapples helps us look after our minds
- Motor Neurone Association helps people in many ways including access to wheelchairs
- Mr Smith's Outpatient's appointment..... we wish!
- Mr Smith's outpatients appointment
- Mumsnet offers summer holiday survival tips
- Music Therapy brings rhythm and fun to Walsall Manor Hosptial
- AHVRP award 'Musical Bridges'-old and young come together with mutual benefits
- Heart of England NHS - Musical Interludes
- New Cross hospital in Wolverhampton pioneers care for people with dementia
- Newspaper headlines and photos can be a simple way of keeping brain-damaged patients in touch
- NHS Tayside 's Ninewells Hospital in Dundee offers a library service to patients
- Notice boards that relate directly to the patient are useful for patients and their visitors
- Nottingham County Council operate a hospital discharge scheme in Mansfield and Ashfield (audio link)
- Pets as Therapy
- Pets as Therapy provide dogs that delight patients at Walsall Manor Hospital
- Pictures to Share create specialised books with large pictures for people with dementia
- Pretty Bags! Clever ways to 'cover up' at Warwick Hospital
- Project Linus brings comfort to sick children through beautifully hand-made blankets and quilts
- Pub Lunches at The Helen Ley Home for Multiple Sclerosis Respite Care
- Radio Lollipop provides care and comfort to children in hospital,
- Reading Therapies offer story telling and other services to patients
- Bancroft Gardens Care home opens their doors to sunshine and the community
- Regularly checking if a patient is happy with everything is so important
- Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital invite entertainers to amuse and delight the patients
- Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital 's art classes have multiple benefits
- Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital 's new bird tables entertain patients and help wildlife
- Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital offer hand massages to stroke victims
- Shakespeare Hospice Volunteer drivers make a real difference
- Small portions, sensitively served can improve a patient's appetite
- Solihull hospital uses computer games to help patients' recovery
- Southampton General hospital recruit child 'secret agents' to help improve standards
- Southampton hospital's therapy dog recognised as a loyal volunteer
- Southampton hospitals' 900 volunteers offer 30,000 hours help in a year
- Southampton University's medical students' 'Teddy Bear Hospital' helps dispel children's fears
- Southend University Hospital's 'Feeding buddies' help patients with their meals
- Starlight aims to bring smiles and laughter into the lives of seriously and terminally ill children
- Stress busters at Noble Hospital for patients and staff!
- Stroke Association gives simple advice on how to reduce the risk of a stroke
- Stroke Association organises a chorus for stroke patients
- Suite 101 offer advice on how to help dementia patients through memory books
- Senior managers who regularly motivate and praise their staff achieve the best results
- The Cinnamon Trust provide tender loving care for pets when their owners are unable to care for them
- The Kindness Offensive works with volunteers, companies and charities to make people happy
- The perfect tea or coffee
- Transport for Sick Children- a charity that helps children with medical needs in the Manchester area
- Visitors can sometimes be the best people to help support a patient during mealtimes
- St James Institute of Oncology volunteers in Leeds give that all important greeting
- Shakespeare Hospice Volunteers
- Walsall College health and beauty students pamper patients at Walsall Manor Hospital
- Walsall Manor Hospital's Bingo gets patients talking
- Walsall Manor Hospital invites a teenage choir to sing to patients
- Whizz-kidz provides mobility equipment for disabled children and young adults
- A room with a view - Surroundings
- Are you sitting comfortably - Physical comfort
- Cleanliness is next to godliness - hygeine
- Food glorious food - Appetising food
- Getting to know you - Communication
- It's childsplay - All about children
- Let me entertain you - Coping with boredom
- Pleased to meet you - The welcome
- Relatively speaking - Relatives and carers
- The waiting game - Waiting rooms
- There's no place like home - Going home
- Trumpet voluntary - All about volunteers
- A death in the family - Empathy and compassion
- Long Term Care - The long and winding road
- Mobility - Getting there
