New photo Elderly people visited by volunteers feel emotionally and physically healthier

Older people visited by volunteers feel emotionally and physically healthier as a result, a study has found.

Seven in ten helped at home by members of the Royal Voluntary Service said they felt more able to cope with the difficulties and everyday challenges they faced.

A similar number said it meant they had more social contact and has assisted them to spend more time doing the things they enjoyed.

The RVS polled 2,000 older people who use its services and found 62 per cent felt more connected to the community as a result.

NHS volunteer Janet Jones helps Janet Murton after her hydrotherapy treatment at Frimley Park Hospital

The charity, established 80 years ago, has more than 25,000 dedicated volunteers who provide practical support and companionship to lonely people. The findings show how giving time can make a difference.

Our Daily Mail/Helpforce hospital campaign is asking readers to volunteer for either three hours a week or one eight-hour day a month, for a minimum of six months. So far, 15,675 have signed up since Saturday to help the NHS.

The Royal Voluntary Service is backing the Mail's Hospital Helpforce campaign by offering to take on any volunteers that trusts do not have capacity for.

George Costain, 74, who lives alone in Basingstoke, Hampshire, received support from the RVS's Home From Hospital service after recently being discharged. 

Volunteer Gayle Allington visited him for several weeks, offering help with everyday tasks while putting him in touch with social clubs to further aid his recovery.

He said: 'I have loved the visits from Gayle. She is a lovely lady. Gayle has got me out and about and put me in touch with clubs that I can go to now that I am feeling stronger. 

Good Health volunteer Eliza Palmer, 17, pictured with patient Jennifer Ware at Chelsea and Westminster hospital

Join the hospital helpforce 

Whatever your skills or experience, you can make a valued and lasting impact. 

You will join the volunteers working in hospitals or with organisations that support the NHS, such as the Royal Voluntary Service, Marie Curie, British Red Cross, and others. 

Join us by pledging your time in 2019 at www.hospitalhelpforce.com and clicking on the ‘pledge now’ box. 

Thank you – and welcome aboard! 

'I am very grateful to RVS for sending me this lady.'

The RVS has inspired more than three million women and men to give their time since 1938. Today its focus is on helping people stay healthier and happier as they age, and supporting the NHS to have more time to care.

RVS chief Catherine Johnstone said: 'Our volunteers have been providing pivotal support to the NHS since its inception and we're delighted that through the Mail appeal more people will step forward to support their local hospital.

'To volunteer one's time is perhaps the most generous gift you can give: it is the gift of yourself. 

'Volunteering offers enormous value for the person making the gift, and to those receiving it: it changes lives, changes communities and changes society. 

'The sense of purpose and joy that can be derived from giving of yourself in support of others is incomparable.'

WHAT IS THE DAILY MAIL'S NEW CAMPAIGN TO RECRUIT THOUSANDS OF NHS VOLUNTEERS?

The Daily Mail launched a major campaign at the end of November to recruit thousands of NHS volunteers.

We asked our readers to find time to help patients and take pressure off frontline staff.

Vital hospital roles include mentoring patients, providing friendship and even being a blood courier.

The recruitment drive – the biggest in Britain since the 2012 Olympics and backed by health unions – is a partnership between the Mail and the charity Helpforce.

The Daily Mail is asking readers to find time to help patients and take pressure off staff

Vital hospital roles include mentoring patients, providing friendship and even being a blood courier 

Those who sign up for the Christmas appeal will be asked to pledge as little as a day a month, or three hours a week, for a minimum of six months.

An estimated 78,000 volunteers already contribute to the NHS, yet the growing complexities of delivering health and social care for an ageing population mean the need for help is greater than ever.

Hospital consultations have doubled in a decade – from 11million in 2008/9 to more than 20million last year.

And last week a report identified a sharp rise in emergency admissions, while there are more than 100,000 staff vacancies in the service.

This puts frontline staff under immense pressure, creating the need for volunteers to step in with practical support and a helping hand.

Prospective volunteers can register their interest by filling out a simple form online. They will be matched with an NHS trust, with placements running from the spring, depending on availability and subject to the necessary checks.

Volunteer roles could include befriending patients, collecting prescriptions and even running singing groups. Others may use their own experiences of cancer or mental health to comfort others.

Surplus volunteers could be referred to charities such as Marie Curie and the British Red Cross.

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News Pictures Elderly people visited by volunteers feel emotionally and physically healthier

You don’t have to pack away your bikini just because you’re the wrong side of 20. These body-beautiful stars reveal their secrets to staying in shape and prove you can smoulder in a two-piece, whatever your age. Read on and be bikini inspired!

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Hayden Panettiere
Size: 8
Age: 18
Height: 5ft 1in
Weight: 8st

To achieve her kick-ass figure, Hayden – who plays cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes – follows the ‘quartering’ rule. She eats only a quarter of the food on her plate, then waits 20 minutes before deciding whether she needs to eat again.

Hayden says: “I don’t have a model’s body, but I’m not one of those crazy girls who thinks that they’re fat. I’m OK with what I have.”

Nicollette says: “I don’t like diets – I see it, I eat it! I believe in eating healthily with lots of protein, vegetables and carbs to give you energy.”

kim cattrall

Size: 10-12
Age: 52
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 9st 4lb

SATC star Kim swears by gym sessions with Russian kettle bells (traditional cast-iron weights) and the South Beach Diet to give her the body she wants. To avoid overeating, Kim has a radical diet trick – squirting lemon juice on her leftovers – so she won’t carry on picking.

Kim says: “I am no super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.”
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