Volunteer with our healthcare partners

Volunteers sit with patients who are dying, offer a listening ear to families, and provide emotional support and connection at an incredibly important time.

Volunteer with our healthcare partners

Volunteers sit with patients who are dying, offer a listening ear to families, and provide emotional support and connection at an incredibly important time.

Volunteer with our healthcare partners

Volunteers sit with patients who are dying, offer a listening ear to families, and provide emotional support and connection at an incredibly important time.

Make a difference for people who are dying

End of life volunteers play a vital role in bringing comfort, companionship, and human connection to people who are dying. These services, supported by the Anne Robson Trust are managed directly by hospitals, hospices, and community trusts across the UK.

Volunteers sit with patients who are dying, offer a listening ear to families, and provide emotional support and connection at an incredibly important time.

Volunteering with our healthcare partners

All volunteering opportunities are run and managed by our partner organisations.

If you’d like to get involved, there are two ways to express your interest:

Register your interest using our short form, and we’ll share your details with the nearest healthcare organisation running one of our supported volunteer services.  
Apply directly through a partner organisation near you. You can find current active partners below, with links to their volunteering pages.

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust – Butterfly Volunteers

London

Cornwall

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust – Butterfly Volunteers

East Anglia

"Dear Butterfly Team, we would like to please pass along a thank you to all the volunteers who helped us get through the terrible time before and after our family member's death. The kindness and thoughtfulness were more than we could ever expect. It really helped us get through our darkest days." — Card sent to the Butterfly Team from a family supported at Milton Keynes University Hospital

What We Do

We work with hospitals, community trusts, and hospices to set up and run teams of specially trained volunteers who sit with patients as they are dying, and offer support to their families.

What We Do

We work with hospitals, community trusts, and hospices to set up and run teams of specially trained volunteers who sit with patients as they are dying, and offer support to their families.