# VOLUNTEERING IN HEALTH

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1182615
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 25, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1182615


## Contact

- **Address:** TEIGNMOUTH HOSPITAL, MILL LANE, TEIGNMOUTH
- **Postcode:** TQ14 9BQ
- **Phone:** 01626 771695
- **Email:** info@volunteeringinhealth.co.uk
- **Website:** www.volunteeringinhealth.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE GENERAL AREA OF TEIGNBRIDGE. THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICES TO PATIENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES, COMPLEMENTING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY SECTOR.

**Activities:** Volunteering in Health is a social prescribing health and wellbeing charity based in the local hospital.  We support lonely, isolated people in Teignmouth, Dawlish and Chudleigh in South Devon mainly through 1:1 home visits to help empower people to take more control over their own health and wellbeing.  Our volunteers support with transport to medical appointments, administration and befriending.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- Devon





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Alwyn Roberts Hart** | Chair | July 1, 2019 |
| ANN MEYRICK |  | April 1, 2019 |
| Alison Hinch |  | April 1, 2019 |
| Lauren Wade |  | Sept. 17, 2020 |
| Richard Ash |  | Feb. 4, 2021 |
| Richard Winterton |  | Dec. 18, 2025 |
| Sue Maclean |  | Dec. 18, 2025 |
| Werner Coetzee |  | Feb. 22, 2024 |




