Spring Coffee, Cake and Catch-up…
Warwick Myton Hospice, Tuesday 21st April 1.30pm – 3pm.
Join the Volunteering Team for updates, to share your thoughts and meet other volunteers from across Myton.
To confirm your attendance and for any dietary or access requirements, please contact the Volunteering Team by email volunteering@mytonhospice.org or call 01926 838836.
Staff and Volunteer Wellbeing Days – Wednesday 29th April, Coventry Myton Hospice
10.30am – 11.30am Neurodiversity Network Meet up (Meeting Room 1).
Neurodiversity Network: An informal, confidential space for neurodivergent colleagues to connect, learn more about themselves and others’ experiences, and find supportive strategies, tools and resources. Psychoeducation and peer support can be effective tools to support our wellbeing.
Facilitated by a member of the People Services team with lived experience. In order to create a safe space, please note that this session is intended for colleagues with personal lived experience. However, formal diagnosis is not essential, so even if you are only just beginning to explore whether you may be neurodivergent, you are welcome to join us.
12pm-1pm A Mindful Wellbeing Walk with Emily (meet at Reception).
A walk around the local nature reserve wellbeing work behind the hospice with some mindful moments along the way
1pm-2pm Nutrition – healthy cost-effective meals with Carol (meeting Room 2).
Recently qualified in all things nutrition Carol shares with us some healthy meals that are also healthy for the bank balance!
2pm-3pm Pain Management Tips Webinar with Rachel Crowder, Gut Health Coach (Online: links to be sent to individuals or join as group in Meeting Room 2).
For many people, persistent pain is closely linked to gut health, inflammation, immune activation, and nervous system stress yet these connections are often overlooked in conventional pain management.
In this webinar, Rachel Crowder specialising in gut health and food intolerance testing, explores how the gut–pain connection works and, more importantly, what can be done about it.
3pm-4.30pm Stress Management workshop with Sue and Emily (Meeting Room 2).
Simple ways to recognise when stress crosses the healthy threshold and create balance.
Staff and Volunteer Wellbeing Days – Tuesday 26th May, Warwick Myton Hospice…
10am – 12pm How did I get here? Understanding emotional states with Dawn Swan (Seminar Room).
A gentle session exploring how emotional stress can build up and how we can better understand and manage our responses with practical, supportive tools.
11.15am – 11.45am A guided relaxation ‘Chill Pill’ (Seminar Room).
This is a structured session where the facilitator will encourage focused attention through calming breathing and body awareness, gently guiding you through an image or story to reduce stress, release tension and promote mental and physical balance.
1pm – 2pm How to make Healthy Cost Effective Meals with nutritionist Carol (Warwick Day Unit).
Recently qualified in all things nutrition, Carol shares with us some healthy meals that are also healthy for the bank balance.
2pm-3pm A Mindful Wellbeing Walk with Emily Young (meet in Reception).
Enjoy a walk around the local nature reserve incorporating simple mindfulness practices to support relaxation and wellbeing.
3.30pm – 4.30pm Pensions Information Session with Bethan Wiggett (Warwick Day Unit).
Come along to brush up on all things pension, from the state pension to workplace pensions and the NHS pension. A financial education session open to all staff and volunteers, designed to grow your confidence with managing your money and planning for your future. You’ll learn about the important steps to take now, whatever stage you’re at in your life and career. No prior knowledge needed.
You can book your place online here or by calling the Volunteering Team: 01926 838836.
Save the Dates for our Summer Celebrations…
Our summer celebrations begin with Volunteers’ Week (1st to 7th June) – a national campaign recognising the incredible contribution of volunteers across the UK. Look out for stories, activities and updates celebrating the difference you make at Myton.
Volunteers’ Week also marks the starts of our annual summer events:
- Rugby Myton Support Hub: Tuesday 23rd June.
- Coventry and Warwick dates coming soon.
Can you spare a couple of extra hours a month?
We know that life can be busy, so we truly appreciate any time our volunteers give to Myton. Our flexible volunteering opportunities can fit around you and your commitments, across a range of locations to suit you.
Community Relationship Volunteers…
Our Community Relationship Volunteers are the friendly face of The Myton Hospices out in the local community. By raising awareness of what we do and why, you will help us to raise vital funds and ensure that we can reach more people.
You could support coffee mornings, quiz nights or fairs, attend cheque presentations, give talks or run information stands, or distribute flyers and posters to promote fundraising events and campaigns.
Schools Engagement Volunteers…
By delivering assemblies in schools across Coventry and Warwickshire, you’ll spark young people’s curiosity and compassion, helping them understand the importance of caring for others while raising vital funds for patients and families. It’s a rewarding role, sharing stories, planting seeds of kindness, and knowing that your time directly supports the incredible care Myton provides. Plus, you’ll also build confidence, gain experience and make meaningful connections.
Collection Box Volunteers…
Our collection tins are a vital source of income. In this role, you will develop relationships with local businesses and community venues, arranging for collection boxes to be placed on-site. You will visit locations at a time that suits you, collecting and replacing tins as needed.
Myton Business Networks…
Are you or have you been a corporate sales professional, experienced in selling to businesses and managing long term accounts? Would you like to re-use those skills for the good of the Myton cause? If so, then would you consider helping Myton to connect with important local businesses to help us generate the additional funding we need to open three more much needed beds?
We are launching an ambitious multi-year programme to strengthen our relationships with the local business community. This is a unique opportunity to join the task force shaping our approach and to play a key role in building senior-level connections with local business leaders. Volunteers will help us understand what businesses value in a partnership with Myton and contribute to creating proposals that could help us raise additional funds.
We are looking to recruit 3–4 volunteers for this initiative. The role is highly flexible, designed to fit around your availability.
If you’re interested in any of these opportunities, please contact the Volunteering Team for more information or for support with the application process: volunteering@mytonhospice.org or 01926 838836.
Events support needed…
Following a record-breaking year for events in 2025, can you help us to do the same this year?
Cycle Challenge: Sunday 2nd August 2026, Warwick Myton Hospice
- Marshals (various times and locations along route): 7am – 2pm (end time is approximate).
- Back Markers for 100 miles,100km and 50km from 7.30am onwards
- Parking Marshals: 6.15am – 9.15am.
Walk for Myton: Sunday 20th September 2026, Warwick Myton Hospice
- Parking Marshals: 7.15am – 10.45am, 10.15am – 1.15pm or 1.15pm – 3.15pm.
- Marshalling: Between 7.30am – 3pm (times and locations will vary).
Santa Dash: Sunday 6th December 2026, Victoria Park, Leamington Spa
- Set Up: 5am – 9am.
- Donations on the day: 8.30am – 10.45am.
- Giving out t-shirts: 8.30am – 10.45am.
- Front Markers: 8am – 9.30am.
- Back Markers: 10.30am – 1pm.
- Marshals around Leamington and Warwick area: 10.20am – 12.30pm (approximately).
To sign up to any of these roles, please contact the Events Team: events@mytonhospice.org or 01926 838 838
Please do share these opportunities with family and friends too!
Assemble Relaunch…
Assemble is our online volunteer recruitment and management system. Since 2024, the Volunteering Team has used it to manage applications and volunteer data behind the scenes.Following your feedback, we’re excited to relaunch an improved version for all volunteers in summer 2026 – available as both an app and web platform.
For volunteers this means you can:
- Update your personal details, including health and accessibility needs
- View your shifts
- Contact your volunteer manager or the Volunteering Team
- Connect with other volunteers
- Complete training online
- Access volunteering policies and procedures
For Myton, this means:
- Secure and efficient data management
- Quick access to emergency contact details
- Easier communication with volunteers
- Improved reporting to celebrate your contributions and achievements
More information, including training and guidance, will be shared soon.
If staying in touch online isn’t for you, please don’t worry! While this will be our primary way of communicating with volunteers, we won’t stop sending updates by post or contacting you by phone.