Volunteering opportunities
Whatever your reason, start your volunteering journey at Martlets today. Your support helps us continue providing compassionate hospice care across Brighton, Hove and East Sussex.
Our 1,200 volunteers generously gift thousands of hours of valuable time each year to Martlets and our sister hospices St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House.
By joining our network of incredible volunteers and giving your time, expertise and enthusiasm, you’ll be making a big difference to your local hospice charity.
We have roles to suit everyone
Our volunteers help in many different areas. Volunteers do a variety of essential roles from sorting donations to serving refreshments to our patients. They’re people of all ages and backgrounds who want to give back to their community, learn useful skills and make new friends along the way.
Whatever your experience and skills, we’ll help you find a Martlets volunteer role that suits you.
"You can be a listener to the staff. Sometimes I've even been in and helped talk to a patient that hasn't got anybody to talk to. Just for half an hour."
Already a volunteer?
If you’ve previously volunteered for us, you can log straight in to Assemble, our volunteering hub and choose your next role – there’s no need to fill in any more personal details.
Got any questions about volunteering?
Our FAQs answer some common volunteering questions. Check there for more information on who can volunteer, how to get started and what happens once you've applied.
You can also get in touch with our volunteering services team. We are more than happy to help answer any of your volunteering enquiries - no question is too big or too small!
Call us on 01273 021549 or email us at volunteering@southernhospicegroup.org.uk.
Student counsellor placements
While we are usually able to offer counselling placements, we are currently unable to offer them until 2027.
If you are interested in a placement in the new year, please get in touch then, as we will not be keeping contact details from enquiries received this year.
As soon as we can offer these placements again, we will advertise these on our volunteering portal.