Youth volunteering in health and social care

Nesta is working in partnership with the Department of Health to mobilise more young people to help improve patient experience, satisfaction and outcomes in hospitals.  

The programme will support a small number of hospitals to significantly increase the number of young volunteers, aged 16 to 24, volunteering in the hospital in frontline, impactful roles where their volunteering efforts make a direct difference to patients.

£200,000 is available to hospitals to expand their younger volunteer workforce between April 2015 and March 2016.

Nesta will be hosting webinars on Thursday 5 March and Tuesday 17 March for interested NHS organisations to find out more and ask any questions.

The closing date to submit proposals is noon on Wednesday 25 March.

For further information visit www.nesta.org.uk/project/young-people-helping-hospitals.