5 Dec 2019

Celebrating our volunteers on International Volunteer Day

Today is #InternationalVolunteerDay and it’s our chance to celebrate and say thank you to the hundreds of people who volunteer for us in a number of ways and help us look after London every single day.

As the saying goes, “There’s nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer”, and we are delighted to be supported by hundreds of people from all walks of life who make a vital and fantastic contribution to our staff and our patients.

We run volunteer responder schemes, where members of the public with clinical skills or emergency life-support training, respond alongside our staff to life-threatening 999 calls. We also work closely with St John Ambulance as well as support a number of staff volunteers who deliver talks to community groups and schoo