My name is Ken Miles. I’m 69 years old and have been retired
for 5 years. For the last 4 ½
years I have been a volunteer at the Hospice in the Weald.
I first became aware of the work at the
Hospice when a friend of mine was admitted to the InPatient Unit for the last
few weeks of his life. I
determined then, after seeing the work and caring from the Hospice staff, that
when I retired I would in some small way give my time to help out.
I regularly work on a Wednesday and divide
my time between driving patients to and from the Hospice Day Service (in the
minibus) and being a general Hospice Day Service Volunteer. I help to serve the patients lunches
and make them drinks and generally chat with them throughout their day. It is the one time of the week when I
can totally forget about myself and concentrate on others.
I have always found the staff really caring
towards the patients and the atmosphere has always been really positive. It is a joy to come to work! So if you would like to volunteer at
the Hospice in the Weald in any capacity then please click here to see all our
volunteer roles you can help with!
Ken
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