Volunteering can be a great way to support the British Thyroid Foundation. There are many different kinds of ways to help.

Volunteering in the BTF Office

We can always use an extra pair of hands in the Harrogate office, dealing with the mail, sending out information, answering phone calls and with other clerical and administrative duties. For information and a volunteer application pack please give us a call in the office: 01423 709707.

British Thyroid Foundation is also registered with Harrogate & Area Council for Voluntary Service.

Volunteering as a Local Group Coordinator

There are several British Thyroid Groups located throughout the UK in Birmingham, Bolton, Durham, Edinburgh, Harrogate/York, Hereford, Manchester/Salford, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne/North Tyneside, Notts/Derby and Oxford. This leaves some areas of the country without a local group. You may wish to start a BTF local group in your area.

Starting a BTF local group usually involves planning meetings at least three times a year, finding a venue for the meeting, securing speakers in the medical field relating to thyroid conditions, basic financial reports, and any follow-up from the meeting. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please contact the British Thyroid Foundation Office for further information or read more about what the role involves here.

Volunteering as a Telephone Contact

A telephone contact provides valuable support by answer thyroid patient phone calls from their home. We receive many of these calls in our office—patients looking for encouragement, needing basic medical information about thyroid conditions available in our literature, or just providing an empathetic listening ear.  Individually. the BTF telephone contacts' experiences cover the whole range of thyroid conditions: Graves’ Disease, Thyroid Cancer, Congenital Thyroid Disease, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, and Thyroid Eye Disease.

For many patients talking with someone who has the same condition is extremely helpful for healthy recovery. If you are interested in becoming one of our telephone contacts, please call the British Thyroid Foundation office for further information or read more about what is involved in the role here.