Following the most successful year in the history of the scheme, 2009-10 began unpromisingly with us having to set a budget that would require us to cut paid staff hours by half in October 2009.
However, despite this difficulty, in terms of outputs, outcomes and achievements, 2009-10 proved to be another outstanding year for the scheme. Here are a few highlights:
- Volunteers helped more people than ever before (253 individuals)
- Volunteers provided more support than ever before (9511 hours)
- The number of volunteers increased by 22% to 257.
- We were NHS Social Care and Health Award winners in the Mental Health and Wellbeing category in the South East Coast Regional Final, and Finalists in the National Awards.
Click here to read more about our work in 2009-10.
Click here to see a short film made in connection with the 2009 Health and Social Care Awards.
Neighbourhood Care Scheme newsletter
Our Summer 2011 is now available to download. It contains some good examples of what volunteers and scheme members do together. To download previous editions, please click on a newsletter from the list on the right.
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