VCH’s Together Better service expands to whole of City and Hackney
Free volunteer-led activities in GP surgeries, now available across City & Hackney
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‘We cannot imagine being without it.’ GP Manager about Together Better
VCH’s Together Better service delivers free volunteer-led activities at GP surgeries across City & Hackney. Here’s what Agnieszka Polej, Spring Hill Practice Manager said about working with Together Better.
Making volunteering more accessible
Did you know? You can help make volunteering more accessible in less than an hour.
Celebrating July’s Volunteer of the Month
This July, we celebrated Nic, one of our Community Befrienders. Nic’s volunteering has made a massive difference to an isolated Hackney resident (T) with depression who was regularly going to A&E.
Admin volunteer to Senior Progression Coach – Farzana’s story
Every member is different, with their own unique story, own memories and experiences, good and bad, but they are fighting for a better future, even though its hard they stick with Step Up, for however long it takes. Every member of Step Up has their own unique strength, and I’m happy that I can give a little support to get them to a better place.
A’s story
Today we want to celebrate the story of one of our volunteers – we’ll call them A. A was struggling with their mental health during the pandemic – they were new to London and had no one but their dog. They experienced various challenges as a transmasculine nonbinary person, and needed help. So they joined […]
Meet Cornelia, Progression Coach for Step Up
Meet Cornelia – enthusiastic darts player, big fan of olives, and Progression Coach for Volunteer Centre Hackney’s programme, Step Up. Cornelia’s a key member of Step Up (our mental health support programme). This month, we’re proud to be celebrating 2 years since Cornelia joined Step Up! Here’s a Q & A to celebrate her time […]