Calvary Health Care Bethlehem
Become a 'Friend of Bethlehem'
Come and join us as a Friend of Bethlehem and help us build a Community of Support to assist us care for people living with illness, aging, dying and grief/ or people living with life-limiting illness.
Our Friends of Bethlehem is a group of everyday people – family members, friends, workmates, community members, other service providers – anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of people living with incurable illness.
All of our Friends of Bethlehem receive:
- 4 – 6 Electronic newsflashes and mailed and emailed newsletters each year with updates on our activities, events, research and resources
- invitations to our events and activities such as workshops, webinars and open days
- opportunities to get involved in volunteering, sharing your experience and helping us tailor our services to the needs of your community.
How to participate
Some of our Friends of Bethlehem choose more active participation with us through:
For more information about Volunteering at Calvary Health Care Bethlehem visit our volunteer page.
Bethlehem’s Consumer Engagement Framework 2018 – 2021 is aligned with the our Strategic Quality Action Plan and sets out eight core principles for engagement with our consumers:
- all voices matter;
- human encounters matter;
- listening matters;
- wellbeing matters;
- information matters;
- being involved matters;
- systems matter; and
- environment matters.
Our Consumer Engagement working party is chaired by a consumer and is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the framework to ensure that we are partnering with our consumers in all aspects of patient safety and quality of care.
We also has consumer representatives on key governance committees including Executive Quality, Safety and Risk Committee and Clinical Practice governance committee, in addition to key working parties.
If you are interested in adding your voice and experience to help us improve the work we do and the care outcomes for our patients, we would love to hear from you.
If you have had an experience of our care that you would like to share with others, we'd love to hear from you.
If you'd like to share your story, please contact us on:
- or email us
The CHCB Community Advisory Council (CAC) consists of a number of professionals who volunteer their time and energy to help us build our Friends
of Bethlehem network. Together we extend community awareness of the work at CHCB and build a community that supports those people with life-limiting disease.
The CAC helps to organise a number of activities that assist us to raise community awareness. Unfortunately, some of their activities were curtailed again this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council still managed to host one breakfast before lockdowns struck again and, with the Corporate and Community Development team, commenced planning for CHCB’s second Charity Golf Day at The National Golf Club (Long Island) in Frankston.
CAC member networks and experience have been vital in promoting the work of the organisation to a wide audience and the council members look forward to a time when face-to-face meetings and events can happen with some regularity again.
We always welcome people who would like to either join the Council or learn more about how they can support its work. For all enquiries please email us directly:
Donations, no matter the financial value, are always appreciated by the hospital because they enable us to purchase equipment and help us continue to enhance our provision of comfort and care for the benefit of our patients.
Please note, you can specify exactly where you wish your donation to go to at Calvary Health Care Bethlehem.
All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible.
Testimonials
Find out about the Friend of Bethlehem experience by reading testimonials about the many different ways our Friends support us and why.
Become a Friend!
If you would like to become a Friend of Bethlehem all you need to do is register your interest here: