Resources and ideas to help you make the most of Volunteers' Week

We have brought together some of the great ways Volunteers’ Week is celebrated across the Healthwatch network in one handy document. Why not use it to help inspire your own ideas and activities?
An older female Healthwatch volunteer smiles at a patient in a hospital setting

Each year many Healthwatch deliver creative and inspirational activities to mark Volunteers’ Week and recognise their amazing volunteers. Following your suggestions, we've collated some of the best examples in one document.

While this resource focuses on Volunteers’ Week, it could also be applied to International Volunteers’ Day or other local celebrations for our volunteers. We have also included template certificates to recognise attendance or particular achievements/completion of training which you may find useful.  

We would like to say a massive thank you to all those Healthwatch colleagues who helped with suggestions, shared ideas and generally assisted in developing this resource. It's great being part of such a positive collaborative network dedicated to assisting one another!

Downloads

Volunteers' Week Ideas (PDF)
Certificate of award template to acknowledge achievements/training
Certificate of attendance template

Feel free to share further ideas with us so that we can add to the resource in future.

Please email Volunteering Manager André Benham via andre.benham@healthwatch.co.uk