Finance and Volunteering

Many of our volunteers are ‘visible’ in our shops, café, on reception, on the wards and out in the community. But some volunteers carry out important work ‘behind the scenes’, ensuring that our support teams can help everyone!

Over the past two years, our Finance team has been quietly expanding the number of volunteers it involves. Volunteers have always counted cash – our collecting cans contained over £63,331 in 2018/2019, so that’s a lots of cash to count, and we receive other cash donations on top of this. Volunteers have recently become more involved in supporting day-to-day finance work as well, such as processing invoices, coding petty cash, counting cash for daily banking, and processing Christmas orders for cards and gifts. Most of these volunteers already have a finance background, and our Finance team are incredibly grateful for their support. Their involvement has enabled the Finance team to process work more quickly, and freed time up to work on improving systems and new projects. Together, the staff and volunteers have formed a strong team, and have enjoyed nights out and Christmas celebrations together. We’re so grateful to these volunteers for their quiet, methodical support – and for the difference they have made within our Finance team, and also the help that this team offers to everyone across the Hospice. Thank you! Did you know? If you play the Hospice Weekly Lottery, you could win a cash prize every week! It’s a fun way to support our work and for only £1 per play, you’ll be in with a chance of winning up to £1000. Visit our website for full terms and conditions and to sign up today.