Volunteering Opportunities

HEALTHWATCH HAMPSHIRE

NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD DIRECTORS

AND

HEALTHWATCH ASSOCIATE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Closing Date: midnight on Sunday, 8 April 2018

Interview Date: 16 April 2018

Set up in 2013, Healthwatch Hampshire is the independent champion for people in Hampshire who use health and social care services (the area covered by Hampshire County Council, not including Southampton or Portsmouth). We are here to make sure that the organisations that run services, and who plan them, put people at the heart of all they do. 

Healthwatch Hampshire is a Community Interest Company. The work of the organisation is carried out by Help & Care and Citizens Advice Hampshire as delivery partners, under contract to the Community Interest Company. On a day-to-day basis our work is led by employed staff and volunteers. 

We seek up to five new Directors to join our Board, of whom one will be a Vice-Chair, and one will lead on Governance.

We also seek between one and five Associates with relevant areas of expertise who can advise us and where appropriate represent us with stakeholders. These are not Director roles and will not be Board members.

A group of about 50 people are registered as general volunteers; they undertake a wide range of tasks offering short term support to people.  Tasks are varied, expenses are paid and full training and ongoing support is provided. 

Here are a few examples of how our volunteers help people

• Doing a little shopping
• Writing a letter
• Completing forms
• Accompanying someone to appointments
• Walking a dog
• Accompanying a person on a social or leisure activity
• Helping someone with a hobby

Our  telephone support service now runs on three afternoons a week, when a team of volunteers make regular phone contact to isolated people. 

We have a Moneyfriends scheme offering practical help (but not financial advice) to those suddenly faced with managing finances.

Our volunteers also help with a walking group and do home visits to people following bereavement.