The Hywel Dda Health Board was awarded a grant from the national lottery to set up, develop and deliver a project known as 'Volunteering For Health'. The project aims to develop volunteering services within the health community of Pembs, Carms and Ceredigion. The project will improve the way current health services are being delivered for the benefit of local citizens through action by local citizens. For volunteers it will provide an opportunity to give something back to the community, help them explore a career in health and social care, maintain and develop new skills, increase social interaction by meeting new people, enable volunteers to be recognised as a valuable resource and an integral part of service delivery within the NHS.

The Volunteering for Health project are looling for volunteers to fulfil the following role:-

Department Support Volunteer - Manual Handling

The purpose of this volunteering role is to provide support for the department.

Help prepare for manual handling training i.e.. Manual handling information, answer telephones, help with filing training materials, help to sort out the mail and distribute it to the relevant people, help produce material for manual handling training.

Volunteers must be 18 or over