What is Ambulance Volunteering ?
A volunteer is someone who chooses to spend their time to benefit society and communities, the environment, or individuals outside of their family relationships. Volunteering is unpaid, undertaken freely and by choice.
Ambulance services recognise and welcome the significant benefits volunteering brings to patients, staff, organisations, communities and volunteers themselves.
View our current national volunteering strategy here.
View our strategy on a page (phase 1, January 2023) here.
Ambulance volunteers have given their time in patient-facing and non-patient facing volunteering opportunities for over two decades to enhance and add value to ambulance services; they are not a replacement for our staff but a much-valued addition to the ambulance family.
See the range of individuals who support ambulance trusts, the activities in which they participate, and the patients they help via clinical and non-clinical volunteering opportunities on our Ambulance Volunteering Dashboard here.
It is widely accepted that being a volunteer has lots of benefits. It can help increase your wellbeing and sense of self-esteem, enable you to develop new skills and gain new experiences whilst making new friends and increasing connections. All this whilst making a positive impact on your community.
It could be that you are looking to gain experience in a healthcare setting, you might be looking for a change, have some spare time or want to make a difference. If you are interested in volunteering for your local ambulance service, please follow the link to their individual website for more information.
Whatever your motivation we may have a volunteering opportunity that’s right for you.
Volunteer opportunities
Below are links to the many opportunities to volunteer in the ambulance service. Check out the different sections for more details about how to get involved.
Ambulance Service Charity Volunteer
