Volunteers' Week 2019: Valerie at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

Valerie Royal Marsden Cancer CharityThe Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money solely to support The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. They ensure their nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world.

From funding state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, they will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity have a team of around 470 volunteers who are an important part of their workforce. Their team of volunteers give more than 25,000 hours of their time each year.

Volunteers do all kinds of things including manning the fundraising shop at The Royal Marsden Sutton, running stalls at outside events such as fairs and fêtes, organising fundraising events and community collecting, and, last but not least, stewarding walkers on The Banham Marsden March, the charity’s annual 15-mile fundraising walk.

This Volunteers’ Week, The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity would like to thank Valerie Allsopp.

“Val is an invaluable volunteer at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and has been volunteering with us for over 15 years. We are extremely lucky to have such committed volunteers on our team – thank you Val!”

If you would like to volunteer with The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, they are looking for volunteers to work in their brand new charity hubs at their Sutton & Chelsea sites. Find out more...