Celebrating our volunteers this Volunteers Week

News - 28 May 2026

This #VolunteersWeek we again take the opportunity to thank all of our volunteers for this support.
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Happy Volunteers Week to all volunteers – and a huge thank you to all our incredible volunteers for their support. Over the last year, our volunteers have given us an amazing 1067 hours of support, helping us to ensure people’s experiences of health and social care are heard. 

Our volunteers are integral to the work we do as Healthwatch Surrey. Over the past year, they have:

  • Raised awareness about Healthwatch Surrey
  • Supported us on engagement sessions
  • Shared their experience for videos
  • Helped us prepare for/attend meetings to share what we hear
  • Been part of our reading panel
  • Joined us on Enter and View visits.

Without their help, we wouldn’t be able to carry out the extent of the work we do across the whole of the county.

Find out more about what our volunteers do on our social media this week, or visit our volunteer webpage.

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