Become a Friend of Bethlehem and join with us
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
Some of our Friends of Bethlehem choose more active participation with us through:
For more information about Volunteering at Calvary Health Care Bethlehem visit outr Volunteer page here. If you would like more information, please contact Volunteer Co-ordinator Lindy Shaw on 03 9595 327 or at [email protected]
How to apply
To apply to become a Calvary volunteer:
Review the Calvary Code of Conduct (729 kB)
Complete the online volunteer application form here:
Send completed form to:
Lindy Shaw
Volunteer Coordinator, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem
152 Como Parade West
Parkdale VIC 3195
Bethlehem’s Consumer Engagement Framework 2018 – 2021 is aligned with the CHCB 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.
The CHCB 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.
CHCB 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.
To register your interest, please contact Nicki Jackson at [email protected]
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 contact: [email protected]
Donations
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.
How you can make a donation
Online
You can make a secure online donation by clicking the button below:
By Post
You can download a donation form and send to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem.
To find out more about donating to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, go here.
If you have information about other community groups, volunteer programs, community activities, education sessions etc that you think might be relevant to us and we might be able to link with please contact Alice Parkhill at [email protected]
Find out about the Friend of Bethlehem experience by reading testimonials about the many different ways our Friends support us and why. Meet:
Friends of Bethlehem Publications – and online Portal
To access our most recent newsletters and newsflashes visit our website page here
If you would like to access our brand new Friends of Bethlehem news portal go here.
Become a Friend! Friends of Bethlehem Application form
if you would like to become a Friend of Bethlehem all you need to do is fill out the online form here.
With care and compassion, we work together, as part of Calvary,
supporting the healing, hope and nurturing of all communities through ‘being for others’.
