The
National Health Volunteering Project
CEMVO’s (Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisation)
National Health Volunteering Project (NHVP) is an exciting
project created to foster and increase Black Minority
Ethnic Communities involvement in the NHS and local social
care delivery through volunteering.
The programme aims to assist volunteers from the BME
communities to join Patient and Public Involvement forums
in Health, Patients Advisory Liaison Services and Health
and Social Care voluntary roles in the NHS.
NHVP also encourages the BME communities to be involved in
the process of identifying the local health needs and
influencing the local health and social care agenda.
CEMVO’s BME Volunteering Project will strengthen BME
representation and involvement in public health through
regional health networks and forums and will assist the BME
organisations to participate in addressing local health
issues. Moreover, NHVP aims to create the opportunity for
individual volunteers to gain viable experience, face new
challenges, make new friends and develop essential personal
and workplace skills and to change the lives of people in
need.
The project has been set up in the North West/ East and
South West regions:
If you would like to volunteer for your NHS, become a
Patient and Public Involvement Forum Member or simply want
to know more about our project please contact:
Andrea Hughes (Health Development Officer) on: 0161 245
3246 or email:
Andrea.Hughes@CEMVO.or.uk
Register on line:
www.bmevolunteers.org.uk
Or write to:
CEMVO
12 Charlotte St
Manchester
M1 4HP
North West Health Development and Database Officer: Andrea
Hughes
South West Project Manager: Aymero Gebremeskel:
Aymero.Gebremeskel@CEMVO.org.uk
