Mission

1. To be a voice promoting volunteering in the NHS

• Development of the Time For Health Partnership’s viewpoints and positions on the range of volunteering issues in the NHS
• Promoting volunteering success stories based on the outcomes from other strategies undertaken by the Time For Health Partnership
• Developing the membership of the partnership.

2. To raise the quality of volunteering in the NHS

• Establishing the current level of volunteering service provision and developing the range of opportunities available
• Enhancing the quality of volunteering in the provision of current services through training and support for those managing volunteers
• Creating toolkits to assist with developing innovative volunteering initiatives.

3. To enhance the quality of the volunteering experience in the NHS

• Undertaking research to identify current barriers to volunteering in the NHS, including exploring the nature of cultural resistance to diversifying the volunteering base
• Developing ways of overcoming barriers to volunteering in the NHS and reducing cultural resistance to diversifying the volunteering base.

Objectives

• To have a positive impact on local Trusts, Department of Health and Government volunteering policy
• To increase the number of volunteers in the NHS
• To increase the diversity of volunteers in the NHS
• To increase the quality of volunteering in the NHS.