Healthwatch Cumberland Volunteering

Volunteers make a fantastic contribution to listening to people across Cumberland about their views on how health and social care services are delivered and their experiences of using them.

Volunteering with Healthwatch is flexible, interesting, and varied. You could be visiting a Care Home on an Enter and View visit one day, joining us at an engagement event the next, or supporting the team in conducting focus groups with local people.

Our opportunities directly serve our purpose; finding out what people want from their Health & Care services, and feeding this back to decision makers so that changes can be made.

We have a range of volunteering opportunities available, from work behind the scenes supporting us with research, to coming with us to engagement events:

- Community Engagement Volunteer

As a Healthwatch Community Engagement and Outreach volunteer, you will play an important role in speaking to people in the community about their views on local health and care services. You will speak with people at hospitals, libraries, shopping centre stalls, and other Healthwatch and community events. Online engagement via social media and other platforms may also be part of this role.

- Enter and View Volunteer

An Enter and View Volunteer listens to people’s experiences of health and care services, including people living in residential homes to understand what is working well and what can be improved.

We visit a range of health and social care facilities including residential homes, GP surgeries, Day centres, Maternity facilities, and hospitals.

- Community Champion

Healthwatch Community Champions are our eyes and ears on the ground, in the community sharing what we do as well as sharing back information collected within our communities.

- Community Research Volunteer

Healthwatch Research Volunteers help Healthwatch by identifying trends in Health & Social Care, reading new research and carrying out research tasks for our projects.

Healthwatch Cumberland is looking for more volunteers who are willing to listen to people’s views about health and social care in Cumberland.

To find out more about our volunteering opportunities, click here.

To get in touch with the team, email: [email protected]