Volunteer for us and help improve health and care services for local people.

We are looking for volunteers to help us listen to the experiences of local people and understand what care is like for them -- especially those whose voices aren’t always heard. 

As a Healthwatch volunteer, you'll get to meet new people and develop skills and insights into health and care services.

We offer full training and support all backed by our new Investing in Volunteers UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management. 

Hear first-hand experiences from Healthwatch Volunteers

Wondering what it’s like to be part of our team? We invite you to listen to our Volunteering podcast episode, where our dedicated volunteers share their personal experiences and stories.

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Picture shows Healthwatch volunteer Molly

Become a Young Healthwatch (Youthwatch) Volunteer

We are keen to hear from young people between the ages of 14 to 25 years who are interested in local health and care services – that could be your school nurse, your GP, your local hospital, or any support services you use. We want to give you a voice to help shape your local services to suit your needs now and in the future.

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Become an Information and Signposting Feedback Volunteer

We are looking for friendly, compassionate volunteers to help us gather feedback from people who’ve used our Information and Signposting service. This service helps local people find the support they need with health, care, and wellbeing. Your role will help us understand what works well and what we could do better.

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Become an Independent Member volunteer

Join one of the adult social care Partnership Boards and help shape the services local people use.

Do you have experience of using social care services, or caring for someone who does?  

Use what you know to help develop and improve these for other people across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

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Join our Board of Directors

Use your skills and experiences to help improve the public voice in health and care services for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Our Healthwatch has an important role to play in championing the views of local people.  And our Non-Executive Directors' role is to ensure that we are well run and meet our statutory duties as a local Healthwatch. 

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I like volunteering because ...

“I like the work with Healthwatch – connecting to other local communities, talking to people and teasing out what’s working well or not. It’s meaningful.

“Passing on people’s feedback gives local services and agencies a wakeup call from time to time.

“I have hearing loss myself and the impact can be incredibly undermining. So, my other volunteering work ties in well, especially with the Sensory Impairment Partnership Board, to improve care services and speak up for people with sight and hearing loss.”

Paul McCloskey, Community Listener and Partnership Board volunteer

“The beauty of volunteering is that you can just do the things you enjoy. Over the last year, I’ve sat on an interview panel, talked to people about their experiences for the leaving hospital report and helped make a video about online meetings.”

Lorraine Lofting, Healthwatch Community Listener Volunteer