Volunteer news & updates

Updates for our peer support volunteers.

Awards success for Edinburgh volunteer team

Our fantastic volunteer team from Edinburgh were crowned as one of the Teams of the Year at the Inspiring Volunteer Awards.

Services update by Nicholas

A roundup of news from Services Delivery Manager, Nicholas, from the Peer Support Team.

Sarah and Albert’s day out

We would like to add our Congratulations to Coronation Champion Sarah Bond and her hearing dog, Albert. Sarah was one of 500 very special volunteers being recognised during the Coronation events surrounding the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and the Queen Consort.

Introducing Helpful Hours

As you have read in the past few volunteer updates, we have been working on our new Helpful Hours service. This new service sits somewhere between Helpdesk and LinkUp support groups, in that it covers a subject that has individual interest, yet universal appeal.

Hearing loss community days

Our Hearing Loss Community Days are underway and are increasing over the coming months. We are aiming to host 30 this year.

Community outreach

Our regular outreach sessions continued in May in London and Edinburgh with 16 people stopping for help and advice for themselves or in one case for their neighbour.The value of spending time with a Hearing Link Services peer support volunteer, coming from a place of lived experience cannot be underestimated.