“We just couldn’t do what we do at Weldmar without their contribution” – we celebrate our wonderful Weldmar volunteers!

On the first week of June, charities across the country celebrate Volunteers Week – it’s a fantastic opportunity to appreciate the amazing work of volunteers!

Here at Weldmar, as part of Volunteers Week, we host an Annual Volunteer Celebration. This special event is an opportunity for us to thank all our volunteers for the incredible work they do! Volunteers from across the charity are invited to our beautiful meadows at our Inpatient Unit to enjoy a special buffet lunch (created by our Catering Team).

“Volunteers Week is a national celebration of everything that volunteers do up and down the country,” says Caroline Munslow, Weldmar’s Volunteer Services Lead, “we’ll be presenting our long service awards and our Room to Reward certificates today, and a lovely lunch, just to celebrate and say thank you for everything that they do for Weldmar.”

As part of the celebration, Weldmar volunteers who have been part of the team for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25  years are awarded with a Weldmar Long Service Award, which recognises those who have given so much of their time to helping Weldmar Hospicecare!

Last year also welcomed a brand new award – the ‘Room to Reward’! This unique volunteer-recognition charity was created to offer breaks to hidden heroes, and we are delighted to be awarding it again this year to five Weldmar volunteers!

You can see all our amazing Long Service Award volunteers and Room to Reward award volunteers in the gallery below!

Because of the amazing work of our volunteers, Weldmar Hospicecare can continue to provide vital end of life care to people across Dorset.

We want to say a huge THANK YOU to every single volunteer at Weldmar – we simply couldn’t do what we do without you!