Without volunteers many charities and voluntary organisations would just not exist. Volunteers provide the backbone of support to many organisations helping them to provide an essential service to the community. The Rowans Hospice is a local charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. This week a team of employees from Pfizer, based at New Lane, Havant, spent the day at The Rowans Hospice Warehouse, sorting clothes and other items that the public donate, ready to be sold in one of the 21 Rowan Hospice Charity Shops.
Andrew Cordery from The Rowans Hospice says “It has been fantastic to have 10 volunteers from Pfizer help us for the day sorting clothes and other donated items at our Farlington sorting warehouse. We have helped more than 7,000 patients and families across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire, our service is free of charge but costs £4.8 million to continue our work. We are in desperate need of more volunteers, either teams or individuals to continue our work.â€
The Pfizer team had a great day meeting other volunteers from The Rowans Hospice with Katrina Flynn from Pfizer going on to say “We have had a fantastic day sorting clothes ready for distribution to the local Rowans Hospice Charity Shops. We would like to say a big thank you to Community First HEH for organising the day and to The Rowans Hospice for making us feel so welcome. Volunteering is great and I would recommend anyone to give it a go, you meet new people, have fun and help to make a real difference to the communityâ€.
If you would like to volunteer at The Rowans Hospice Warehouse or find other opportunities to support charities, whether as an individual or as part of a corporate team, please contact Janet Duggan on 0300 500 8085 ext 9722 or email janet.duggan@cfheh.org.uk