Case studies

Helping Hands is a volunteer befriending and support service delivered by Highland Hospice throughout Easter Ross and the Black Isle, both very rural areas of Scotland.

Companions Service is a Community Volunteering programme delivered by Dorothy House Hospice Care to assist patients to undertake community-based social activities.

Compassionate Neighbours is an award winning Community Volunteering programme designed to help alleviate loneliness and isolation in East London.

A community volunteering programme has been part of North London Hospice since they began delivering services in 1984.

After the death of his girlfriend, Anthony decided to enrol on the Compassionate Neighbours training and he loved it from day one.

The patient Mr X the subject of this study is 92 years of age. I have befriended him for 7 months to date in my capacity as a community volunteer.

Neighbours is a Community Volunteering programme provided by St Nicholas Hospice to raise awareness of death and dying as a way of building community capacity at end of life.

Carer Support Volunteers is a community volunteering programme run by the Hospice of St Francis to visit patients with a life-limiting illness in the community.

Ardgowan Hospice is committed to adopting a community development approach to address the public health approach to palliative care.