Webinar: Helpforce’s first year Back to Health* Impact Report

"Now is the time to unlock the power of volunteering”

At the event, we will be sharing with attendees:

• Evidence of how volunteers can help to tackle some of the pressing challenges that the health and care system faces: Declining public satisfaction, Workforce shortages, Staff burn out, and NHS Ambulance service under strain.
• Key recommendations of how to mobilise the power of volunteers to support the health and care system, and
• How the Back to Health campaign can help health and care organisations to achieve their ambitions with the support of volunteers

Agenda and speakers:

11:00: Welcome and introduction – Maeve Hully, Helpforce’s Director of Volunteering

11:05: Evidence from the Back to Health campaign’s first year report and key recommendations – Mark Lever, Helpforce CEO

11:15: Case studies

• Providing better patient discharge support - Jacqueline Williams, Associate Director of Transformation & Innovation at East Cheshire NHS Trust
• Using the Back to Health Pathway model to provide an integrated care support for patients in Warwickshire, Becky Millward, Head of Patient Experience and Volunteering, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
• How the Back to Health framework helps Kingston Hospital shape their volunteering strategy to create more impact on patients and their local community, Laura Greene, Head of Volunteering & Community Partnerships, Kingston Hospital NHS FT and Hounslow & Richmond Community Healthcare Trust
• How being a partner of the Back to Health campaign gives North West Ambulance Service the confidence to continue the Low Acuity Community First Responder pilot, Mark Evans, Community Engagement & Blue Light Collaboration Manager (Cumbria and Lancashire Area) and Chair of the National Ambulance Service Responder Manager Group.

11.40: Next step – Paddy Hanrahan, Helpforce’s Director of Strategy and Innovation

11:45: Q&A

12:00: Closing

To attend this event, please register for your place here

*Back to Health is a three-year campaign where Helpforce partners with health and care organisations to create high impact volunteering opportunities. For more information about the campaign, please visit here https://helpforce.community/back-to-health