Accountable to : Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice – Maintenance Supervisor
John Taylor Hospice – Head of Corporate & Commercial Services
Role Days/Hours: Ideally a minimum of 4 hours per week, roles available Monday to Friday
Role Location
Hospice Grounds and Gardens at Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice, 176 Raddlebarn Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7DA or
Hospice Grounds and Gardens at John Taylor Hospice, 76 Grange Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0DF
Why the Hospice Charity Partnership needs you?
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who could spend time helping to maintain our gardens at our main hospice sites in Selly Park and Erdington. You will be part of a team of volunteers who will be on hand to support the day-to-day upkeep of our garden spaces, ensuring that they remain a bright, calm and tranquil place for our patients, families, visitors, staff and volunteers to relax and reflect.
We have green spaces across both hospices, each with their own unique style and purpose. Whilst some of these areas are well established, others are blank canvasses with a great potential.
We are looking for volunteers with all levels of experience, from the truly ‘green-fingered’ to those who just fancy trying a volunteering role with a difference. Our Gardening Volunteer role is a great way to share your love for gardening – and pick up some ideas of your own!
How you can make a difference:
Roles and tasks include…
- General garden maintenance using tools provided.
- Lawn mowing and edging.
- Litter picking to keep paths clear.
- Cutting back and trimming of shrubs and bushes on the grounds.
- Leaf collection, planting and maintaining flower baskets and planters,
- Assisting with seasonal planting and future development of the garden within budgetary constraints.
- Painting in garden areas such as fences, benches, sheds, and grab rails.
- Complying with all Hospice and garden specific Health and Safety regulations and procedures.
- Engaging with users of the gardens including patients, visitors and Corporate gardening volunteers to respond to enquiries.
Skills and Experience Required:
Have a love of gardening and being outdoors.
- Enthusiastic, friendly, pleasant and approachable
- Reliable and flexible
- Enjoy working with people and being part of a team
- Able to work independently
- Capable of manual work that requires a range of movements such as picking things up from the floor, pushing a wheelbarrow etc.
- Able to recognise limitations and work within set boundaries
- Able to follow all safety precautions and written instructions when carrying out role
- Have knowledge of basic gardening tools and techniques such as pruning, weeding, planting etc.
- Friendly, pleasant and approachable.
- Gardening experience is great but not essential
Mandatory training will be provided.
Appropriate gardening equipment will be made available, although please feel free to bring your own manual hand tools and personal protective equipment (gardening gloves, kneepads etc.).
The boundaries of your role will be explained during your induction. You are not expected to undertake any additional tasks without your prior agreement.
What can The Hospice Charity Partnership offer me as a volunteer?
- The opportunity ‘to give something back’ to your local community and join our band of hardworking, dedicated, volunteers.
- Meet new people and make new friends.
- The opportunity to be able to develop new skills and interests or put your existing set of skills into practice.
- Gain experience to use for your CV
- Reimbursement of your travel expenses.
You can download the Role Description, Enrolment form and Equalities Monitoring form by clicking on the links below:
Gardener Volunteer Role Description
Volunteer-Enrolment-Form
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
Please return completed application forms to: karen.scandrett@nhs.net
Please note we cannot accept applications from anyone who does not have the right to work/volunteer in the United Kingdom. We do not have a sponsors licence and cannot support visa applications.
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