Volunteer Services News

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• Scots sepsis survivor now volunteers at hospital where medics saved his life
• Calls for Volunteers at Stobhill from former NHS worker

• Volunteer spends 15 years supporting heart patients
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• NHS Volunteer Uses Personal Experience Of Speech Loss To Help Stroke Patients
• Volunteer Alison Swaps Hospitality for Hospital Welcome
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Longstanding Volunteer Tommy turns 89 – 1st February 2023

The QEUH Volunteering Service and the Welcome Guides would all like to wish Tommy Kerr a very happy 89th Birthday today!

Tommy has had a full and active life, doing national Service In Kenya, then working for the Post Office and BT until his retirement. Not ready to stop at that, he set up a business delivering throughout Britain and Ireland.

Tommy and his dear late wife reared three lovely daughters and Tommy is always keen to see his grand and great grandchildren in Scotland, Canada and London.

He has volunteered twice a week at QEUH Hospital since the Welcome Guide Service commenced in 2016. He never misses a shift… rain, hail or snow. He does sterling work assisting people to find their way around the site to their destination. He does this always with kindness and a smile. His particular humour enlivens every shift for his team, and remarkably he is still looking for other ways to volunteer in the community.

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