Celebrating committed volunteers

From enhancing patients’ experience to being an Atrium Responder – hundreds of volunteers are working tirelessly to support those who use Walsall Healthcare’s hospital and community services. This year, Volunteers’ Week is from 2 -8 June 2025, giving an opportunity to celebrate all their hard work and thank them for their invaluable contribution to. During […]

Young volunteers shaping their future

Students are shaping their future by helping others thanks to a partnership between Walsall Healthcare and Walsall College. Shardae Vanhorn and Logan Rolls are among those who have been volunteering at Walsall Manor Hospital. As part of their protective services course (which includes police, fire and blue light services), they are required to complete a […]

Trusts celebrate Volunteers’ Week

Two Black Country Trusts are celebrating Volunteers’ Week as they recognise the efforts and invaluable contributions of hundreds who support their local communities. This year marks the 39th year of Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are among thousands of charities and organisations acknowledging those […]

Security staff cast their net with disabled youngsters

They are used to being in some challenging situations and often facing violence but security staff at Walsall Manor Hospital experience another side of life through taking disabled adults and children fishing. It’s only 13 miles from the Manor but the rural peace and tranquillity of the Albrighton Moat Project, north west of Wolverhampton, is […]

Helping “EWE” in hospital

A new group of volunteers is providing invaluable support to patients and staff alike at Walsall Manor Hospital. The Enhancing Ward Experience (EWE) team has been introduced by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust to not only support the organisation but to provide an opportunity for those who are interested in an NHS career to find out […]

Volunteers making Christmas special for patients

Thank you to all our staff who are working across our hospital and community services this Christmas Day and evening to care for patients and support their families. And thank you to volunteers Dave Evans and Sue Oates who gave up their time to come into the hospital today. Dave, aged 73, is a stroke […]

Do you want to make a difference?  

With more than 30 roles to choose from there are a host of volunteering opportunities being offered at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. These roles include ward visitors, meet and greet, stroke buddies, fundraisers, scooter drivers to help patients with mobility problems,  peer support and chaplaincy to give just a few examples. Recruitment events will be held […]

“Volunteering is like payback time to the NHS for me.”

Ken Benton will have been a Walsall Healthcare volunteer for nine years this October and many visitors to the Intensive Care Unit at the Manor Hospital will have been met by this friendly helper. “I’m here to welcome relatives and direct them to their loved ones’ bedsides after confirming it’s OK to do so by […]

It’s a thank you from us!

From mealtime companions to stroke buddies – hundreds of volunteers are working tirelessly to support patients and staff who use Walsall Healthcare’s hospital and community services. And this Volunteers Week, from 1-7 June,  provides an opportunity to acknowledge their efforts and thank them for their invaluable contribution. Volunteers such as Roy Whittle, who has been […]

MP Valerie digs in with volunteers

Green-fingered Walsall Healthcare volunteers today joined MP Valerie Vaz to plant trees at the Manor Hospital as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC), a forest conservation initiative involving all 53 countries of the Commonwealth. The Walsall South MP, who is Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, brought two rowan trees, two silver birches […]