Volunteer Stories & Memories
Our most recent stories from our volunteers

International volunteer’s day – meet Elly!
Meet Elly — she’s an enthusiastic student with a passion for helping others. She wants to be a paediatric radiographer! Since receiving a stem cell transplant a few years ago,

Meet volunteer Russell for Paramedics Day
Today is Paramedics Day, so at Over The Wall, we’d like to thank and acknowledge all the fantastic paramedics who work around the clock to support people in their time

Life as a clinical volunteer
My name is Dhiviya and I’m a clinical volunteer at Over The Wall! I’ve volunteered at camp twice now, once pre-pandemic and once last year. I was first recruited by

“Camp shows you what you’re made of”
Sophia is one of our fantastic summer camp volunteers! Before she volunteered with us at Over The Wall, Sophia was a camper at many of our residential camps. She loved

From camper to camp team leader
Volunteer at camp, like Becca, and discover a world of possibilities. Becca gained skills for life at camp whilst changing the lives of children and young people with health challenges

Meet Jess, our volunteer!
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to volunteer at an Over The Wall camp? We asked Jess, one of our amazing volunteers, to tell us about her experience volunteering