Current opportunities
Our dedicated band of around 1,500 volunteers are vital in supporting Pilgrims Hospices to provide compassionate care.
Pilgrims volunteers truly make a difference to the lives of people across east Kent who are living with incurable illness.
Whatever your age or ability, there’s a volunteer role for everyone at Pilgrims.
We're always looking for additional talented and motivated people to join our volunteer team.
Our current volunteer roles are updated frequently.
Volunteer Driver
Pilgrims Hospices is looking for volunteer drivers to transport patients and carers to and from appointments and social and wellbeing groups and activities held in our Ashford Hospice.
Volunteer Receptionist
Pilgrims Hospices is looking for Volunteer Receptionists to join the team at Pilgrims Hospice Canterbury.
Online Sales Volunteer – Packaging & Dispatch
We’re looking for an Online Sales Volunteer to assist our retail team with the packing and dispatching of online orders.
Volunteer Driver – Thanet
We’re looking for volunteer drivers to transport patients and carers to and from appointments and social and wellbeing groups and activities held in our Thanet Hospice in Margate.
Volunteer Receptionist
We’re looking for Volunteer Receptionists at Pilgrims Hospice Ashford and Thanet.
Our current volunteering opportunities are updated regularly and we’ve created a handy information sheet for all volunteer applicants.
If you’d like to apply for a particular role, download a volunteer application form and send it to the Volunteer team at your preferred Pilgrims hospice:
- Ashford: ashford.volunteers@pilgrimshospices.org
- Canterbury: canterbury.volunteers@pilgrimshospices.org
- Thanet: thanet.volunteers@pilgrimshospices.org.
You can also get in touch with your local Volunteer team using the contact details above if you have any questions before applying.
We aim to reply to all volunteer queries within 48 hours.
General Data Protection Regulations Statement
As part of the recruitment process, Pilgrims Hospices collects and processes personal data relating to volunteer applicants. Pilgrims Hospices is committed to acting in a transparent manner at all times in relation to how it collects data and for what purposes, and will not retain the data of unsuccessful applicants for more than 6 months.
More information is available in our Privacy Policy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
With posts that are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.