Peer Support Volunteering

About the role

Our One-to-One Peer Support service is all about connecting people affected by prostate cancer with someone who truly understands what they're going through. As a volunteer, you’ll use your own experiences to offer empathy, support, and a listening ear to those who need it most. Helping them feel more confident and empowered during a challenging time.

What You'll Do as a Peer Support Volunteer:

Offer Support: Provide a comforting presence over the phone to people affected by prostate cancer.
Share Your Experience: Talk openly about your own journey with prostate cancer, including treatment, managing side effects, and the emotional impact.
Listen and Care: Actively listen and offer the emotional support that only someone who’s been there can provide.
Guide to Resources: Direct people to our Specialist Nurse service or other helpful resources for additional advice.

Meet some of our peer support volunteers

What We’re Looking For:

Personal Experience: You’ve been directly affected by prostate cancer, either as someone diagnosed or as a partner. To make sure you're ready, it should be at least 12 months since your primary treatment or bereavement.
Empathy and Listening Skills: You’re a great listener, empathetic, and approach conversations with a non-judgmental mindset.
Understanding of Boundaries: You recognise the importance of boundaries and self-care, both for yourself and those you support.
Commitment to Guidelines: You’re able to follow Prostate Cancer UK’s policies, including safeguarding and data protection.

What are the next steps?

We're not currently recruiting peer support volunteers, but you can still register your interest and we'll be in touch when we have future opportunities.

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I am applying for a voluntary position with Prostate Cancer UK. I understand that my application might be subject to satisfactory references and/or a criminal record check (or the Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme) depending on the role I apply for. I agree that Prostate Cancer UK may store and use the information I have provided about me for volunteering reasons in accordance with Data Protection Legislation and the guidelines set by the Equal Opportunity Policy and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. If accepted, I understand that this declaration is not an employment contract and that the terms are binding in honour only. I will comply with the volunteering policies listed at prostatecanceruk.org/volunteer policies and the charity’s values, and I’ll also keep all sensitive, medical or personal information I access to confidential. I confirm that the information given on this form is correct and complete and, if later discovered to be incorrect, may result in the termination of any arrangements made.

We may also contact you via post and through targeted digital advertising on social media platforms. You can change this at any time. You are in control of how we contact you, so if you would like to change how often we do or what we tell you about, just call our Supporter Care team on 0800 082 1616 or email [email protected]. We will use the information you provide to ensure we send communications that are of most interest to you. We will look after your details and we won't share your data with anyone else. More information on this can be found in our Privacy Policy at prostatecanceruk.org/privacy.

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Become a Peer Support volunteer

What You'll Do as a Peer Support Volunteer:

What We’re Looking For: