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Meet our volunteers
Elizabeth Finn Care volunteers are a special bunch. Coming from all sorts of backgrounds across the UK, they are dedicated, sympathetic, and – most importantly of all - help us reach the people in most need of our help.
What drives someone to dedicate their time to being a volunteer? Here, a selection of our volunteers tell us how they became involved with the charity and what makes volunteering so rewarding for them.

After retiring from work Christine Impey wanted to give something back to the community and so she signed up to become a volunteer visitor for Elizabeth Finn Care.
Here Christine, 66, from Cardiff tells her story…


After working as a nurse, midwife and senior nurse manager for 36 years Colleen Thomas from Newport, West Wales, decided to put her expertise of caring for others to good use and volunteer for Elizabeth Finn Care.
Read her story here...

Georgina Nicholson has been a volunteer visitor for the poverty charity Elizabeth Finn Care for 24 years.
Mrs Nicholson tells us about her volunteering...



Helene Scott has been a volunteer visitor for the poverty charity Elizabeth Finn Care for more than a year.
Here Helene from Bath tells her story…


Retired teacher, Ken Williams says volunteering is a fulfilling way to meet some special people who have shown their strength by asking Elizabeth Finn Care for help.
Here Ken explains why he is a volunteer visitor for Elizabeth Finn Care.
After Lindsay MacRae made the difficult decision to leave behind her career in marketing and brand management to have a complete lifestyle change she chose to put her skills to good use and become a volunteer visitor for Elizabeth Finn Care. Lindsay, 43, from Edinburgh explains how she helps make a difference to people living in poverty…
When husband and wife Eric and Valerie Brown retired they knew that rather than put their feet up and relax they wanted to continue to help make a difference in their community in Northern Ireland.
They explain why they decided to become volunteer visitors for Elizabeth Finn Care...
Mother of two, Wendy Macmillan, became a volunteer for Elizabeth Finn Care after hearing much about the charity from her neighbour.
Read Wendy's story here...