Urgent call for volunteers to help with booster jabs in Coventry
More stewards are need in Covid-19 vaccine sites across the city
The NHS and NHS Volunteer Responders are urgently calling for more Steward Volunteers in Coventry to support at local vaccination sites.
There is an increasingly high demand for volunteer help as millions of vital COVID-19 booster jabs are now being delivered to the over 50s and the most vulnerable in our communities.
People in Coventry are being urged to step forward to work alongside their local NHS staff as Steward Volunteers to ensure that their communities are vaccinated and safe ahead of winter.
Steward Volunteers support with the efficient and safe movement of patients through vaccination sites, ensuring that social distancing measures are in place and identifying people who require additional support. They ease pressures on clinical staff and are set to be a valuable asset to the NHS as the change of seasons brings the additional difficulties of flu this winter.
The following sites are just some of the sites looking for steward volunteers in the local area:
- Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket Club
- Coventry Muslim Resource Centre
People interested are being asked to sign up here as a Steward Volunteer. There are lots of shifts to be filled in Coventry and as shifts are flexible, and booked via the GoodSAM mobile phone app, volunteers have total flexibility to choose their shifts. Expenses are covered and experience or qualifications are required and a full briefing is provided on site.
Sam Ward, Director of Services/Deputy CEO of Royal Voluntary Service said: “The extraordinary support of volunteers has already helped the NHS to deliver vaccinations to 80% of adults, but the job is not done yet and the fight against COVID is not over. Any time you can offer as a Steward Volunteer will ease pressures on your local NHS staff and will make an invaluable difference to the vaccine rollout in Coventry. Join us and together we can get the jabs done and save lives this winter.”
Meena Ram, a Steward Volunteer from the West Midlands said: “I am very grateful to be able to play a part in the vaccination rollout as a Steward Volunteer at the vaccination sites. When I’m at a site and I’m checking people in or giving people their lateral flow tests, I can’t help but think that we are playing a part in history in the making. I have found a new passion in volunteering and I absolutely plan to keep it up in the future, I hope to continue to make a positive difference to people’s lives.”