Frank Hughes, whose voluntary work at Royal Star & Garter was commended at the Birmingham International Tattoo, discusses the joy he gets from helping in Solihull, keeping in contact despite the coron…
Jane Durston has ‘found her calling’ since she started volunteering on Lister – the dementia care floor at our Home in Surbiton. To mark the start of Volunteers’ Week, Jane explains her initial reserv…
Jenny Holden has been a volunteer at the Surbiton Home for three years. An exceptionally caring lady, Jenny is always thinking up little ways she can make a difference to the lives of residents. When …
Our annual Summer Fetes are fantastic events where we invite everyone to come along and join the fun at the Surbiton and Solihull Homes. You can meet the residents, staff and volunteers, while enjoyin…
Earlier this year, our Administration Office in Hampton was delighted to welcome Lewis Martin, a Sports Journalism student from UCA Farnham. Lewis spent a day per week, for two months, working with th…
Vicky Peirson is one of the fabulous volunteers in our Surbiton Home and Vicky’s mother and father recently moved into our Surbiton Home. We’d asked Vicky a little while ago if her parents would be ha…
John and Lesley are two volunteers at our Surbiton Home. They have been volunteering for The Royal Star & Garter Homes for more than twenty years and started soon after Lesley’s father was admitte…
The word volunteer has its origins in the late 16th century and actually derives from someone who “offers himself for a military service” by M. Fr. Voluntaire. It wasn’t until 1630 that the word was u…