Volunteering Roles

Healthwatch Manchester volunteers are tasked with:

• Listening to local people about their experience using health and care services.
• Helping to promote our surveys and sometimes to deliver them in person.
• Using online methods to gather feedback from people in Manchester.
• Attending meetings with service users or support groups.
• Performing Enter & View visits to places of care to interview service users and staff.
• Aiding in research and reporting on key subjects that are identified as local issues in healthcare through our work gathering feedback.

Types of volunteer:

• Enter & View Representative
• Panel member (informal)
• Research Volunteer
• Office Volunteer
• Community Champion

See below for detailed role descriptions.

Panel members can join one or more of our panels:

• Safeguarding - tell us where there are gaps in keeping each other safe. When and how can we raise the alarm in time.
• Young people - we need your ideas, input, advice and know-how when it comes to health and care services for young people
• Reading - help us make our reports and printed resources accessible and easy to read.