General queries

Please log in to GoodSAM where you can amend your details on your account.

Please contact our Support Team on 0808 196 3382 who can do this for you.

As Volunteer Responders is a digital programme, we need to send you emails to keep you informed of any updates. We also use email to let you know about any new and refreshed volunteering opportunities. There are 3 options available to you.

1. Stay with the programme. This means you will still receive email updates and be able to continue volunteering.
2. Join the reserves. If you want to step back from volunteering for now and join the reserves, regular communications will stop but we may contact you if new volunteering activities are created or if there is an emergency. To join the reserves, log in to the GoodSAM app, go to 'manage my preferences' to adjust the preferences in your profile and click “Put Me on Reserve”.
3. Be removed from the programme. If you no longer wish to be a Volunteer Responder, please go to the GoodSAM app, and use the “Manage my preferences” tab to click “Fully Remove Me”. Your data will be removed from our systems in line with our privacy notice and you will no longer receive emails. This means that you will also no longer be able to volunteer as a Volunteer Responder and will not be able to search for tasks and shifts on the GoodSAM app.

We have a section specifically for our Volunteer Responders, this has frequently asked questions, app guidance and Getting You Started Guides for each of the different volunteer roles.

Volunteers using their own car for voluntary purposes to support others should check the information on the Association of British Insurers website before undertaking any driving activity as you may not be insured, the information includes a list of insurers who do not charge extra for volunteer driving.

Thank you for supporting the Volunteer Responders programme. We want to let you know that if you decide to stop being a volunteer and cancel volunteering we can remove your details from the system. This will mean you will no longer be able to receive alerts and will end volunteering on behalf of the programme.

If you no longer wish to be a Volunteer Responder, please go to the GoodSAM app, and use the “Manage my preferences” tab to click “Fully Remove Me”. Your data will be removed from our systems in line with our privacy notice and you will no longer receive emails. This means that you will also no longer be able to volunteer as a Volunteer Responder and will not be able to search for tasks and shifts on the GoodSAM app.

The areas for In Home Support are currently - Buckinghamshire, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole and Kirklees. The areas for Ambulance Support are currently - Northwest Ambulance Serv ice Blackpool, Cumberland Infirmary, Preston, Blackburn.

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