
Transforming healthcare volunteering
Guided by our vision of a nation where volunteering is integral to healthcare at its very best, we partner with hundreds of UK healthcare organisations – unleashing the power of volunteers to deliver measurable benefits for patients, staff, and service users.We helped +1M people through our trailblazing 'Back to Health' initiative
Our three-year Back to Health campaign, launched in 2022, has crossed its finishing line with a fantastic result, supporting more than 1 million people.This campaign aimed to create opportunities that enable volunteers to provide high-impact support to patients, healthcare staff, and people in their local communities. And we are proud of the legacy that it has created.
Voluntary Sector Recognition in the NHS 10-Year Health Plan: An Encouraging Step Forward
We at Helpforce are pleased that the Government's has recognised the importance of healthcare volunteering in the long-awaited NHS 10-Year Health Plan, which has been unveiled today.
Neighbourhood Health Services are to be rolled out across the country, bringing diagnostics, mental health, post-op, rehab, and nursing to people’s doorsteps – and it's envisaged that volunteers will play a meaningful role in these teams.
Our services
Find out more about our services below.

Developing volunteering services
Our expert team takes organisations through a tried and tested consultation process – Adopt and Adapt – to establish volunteer services that tackle their organisational challenges, fit their situation, and optimise integration between health and community services.
Building future workforce
We help organisations build and maintain their workforces through our Helpforce Volunteer to Career programme™, which allows people to explore a career in health and care, while volunteering.
Evaluating volunteers' impact
We build robust assessments into all our partnership projects and can evaluate other volunteering services. We have built up a unique bank of over 230 evidence findings.
Sharing volunteering expertise through the Helpforce Network
The Helpforce Network is a free online peer community for professionals from statutory and voluntary sector organisations with an interest in volunteering in health and care. Members join the Network to share their knowledge, learn from their peers and find practical support and resources - helping them to improve their volunteering management practiceCase studies

Eunice's story

Mahmuda's story

Chetan's story

Volunteers drivers save trust £200k
With a smile that radiates kindness, Chetan helps out in the hospital’s busy emergency department where he’s considered a key part of the team.

Eunice's story

Mahmuda's story

Chetan's story

Volunteers drivers save trust £200k
Case studies
With a smile that radiates kindness, Chetan helps out in the hospital’s busy emergency department where he’s considered a key part of the team.
Our partners
We collaborate with diverse organisations across the healthcare system, from Integrated Health Boards and individual NHS Trusts, to social care groups and hospices. Take a look at some of our partners below.





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