The Richard Hambro Award winner 2020

Maggie was a Community Palliative Care Nurse and since retiring, has volunteered for Macmillan in a number of roles.

She is warm, supportive and always ready to listen, whilst still being assertive in leading and developing our Carmarthenshire Buddy Service.

Maggie is a Lead Volunteer for the service, which involves volunteers providing practical and emotional support to people affected by cancer, in their own homes.

One of the main functions of the Lead role is to contact people who are referred to us, explain what we can offer and find out what support they need, before conducting a home assessment.

This means she then has a good idea of who would be a ‘good’ match for a person who needs support, for example certain skills or a temperament that might suit best.

Maggie currently has one-to-one support meetings with 13 Buddy volunteers.

Without this kind of personal support, Buddies may decide to leave volunteering, so it’s hugely important.

Maggie volunteers 4 days a week as a Lead and on her ‘day off’ is a Macmillan Community volunteer, providing local information drop-ins.

With such an amazing drive to provide the best support we can, we really feel that Maggie deserves this award, as a thank you for her commitment, leadership and championing others whose voice may not be heard.