Our Young Ambassadors scheme has been running for three years, giving young people an opportunity to experience volunteering within a hospice environment. The project helps 16- to 18-year-olds enhance their college, university or job applications, while also offering valuable life skills development through direct contact with patients, families and care teams.
We set out to open up palliative care to young people considering a medical career, and dispel some of the preconceptions surrounding hospice care - showing that hospices can help people to carry on living to the end of their life, and are not just a place to die. We are trying to break down those barriers from an early age, so we sought to develop a role where our young volunteers could be ambassadors, spreading the word to other young people about what hospices are actually like.
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