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Volunteering and supporting others on the Waiting Well programme

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Throughout Volunteers Week 2025 we are celebrating volunteers past and present for the outstanding contribution they make to Adult Wellbeing Services. Meet Raymond Metcalf who volunteered alongside our Waiting Well team supporting people to prepare well, both physically and emotionally, before treatment or surgery. Ray initially began volunteering in 2019 with the Ambulance Car Service […]

Volunteering at any age

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Throughout Volunteers Week 2025 we are celebrating volunteers past and present for the outstanding contribution they make to Adult Wellbeing Services. Meet 18 year old Alfie Dixon-Clark who volunteers at Healthworks in Easington supporting the administration team where he has been volunteering in different roles since he was only eight years old. Initially introduced to […]

Durham University student adds value by volunteering

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Despite a busy university schedule 23-year-old Tom Morton has dedicated Wednesday morning each week to support patients who are taking part in rehabilitation exercise classes. Tom is studying Sports and Exercise Science at Durham University and is hoping to become a physiotherapist once he graduates, this is what he said about volunteering. “I volunteer because […]

County Durham Wellbeing service recognised for quality volunteer experience

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The team at Wellbeing for Life (WBFL) received the County Durham Volunteer Kitemark award for the third time in October 2023 in recognition of their continuing work with volunteers from across the county. The WBFL service is inclusive and proudly states that ‘The Trust recognises equality of opportunity is not about treating everyone the same, […]