Community Butterfly Volunteer Service

What to expect

The Community Butterfly Volunteer Service is for people registered with certain GPs in Huntingdonshire, listed in the 'Where to go' section.

Support is offered in person in your home by volunteers. Volunteers can provide:

• emotional support
• access to information to other community services
• companionship to reduce loneliness
• opportunities for you and your support network to discuss your wishes

Volunteers connect and engage people by offering:

• 1 - 2 hours a week visits, the duration of the support will depend on your needs and wishes
• talking and listening, providing companionship
• reading, singing gently or sitting quietly, providing company
• a consistent relationship throughout your journey
• small amounts of respite to your family or carers, staying with you while they take a break

Note that volunteers cannot provide personal care.

More information

About this service

The Community Butterfly Volunteer Service is a three year pilot scheme provided by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT). It is being delivered by the CPFT Voluntary Service.

About the volunteers

The volunteers undergo mandatory training and enhanced end of life care training which has been developed by CPFT Voluntary Services in collaboration with the Anne Robson Trust.

Volunteers receive supervision (both in a peer group and 1:1 capacity) and adhere to the policies and procedures of CPFT.

See the Community Butterfly Volunteer Service web page for more information.

This service is free.