Introducing our new volunteers Graham and Jarvis

Meet Jarvis, the latest volunteer to join Medway Maritime Hospital. We’re shining a light on the three-and-a-half-year-old Welsh Terrier and his owner, Graham Hill from Gillingham, as part of Volunteer’s Week (Monday 3 to Sunday 9 June).

Jarvis, our latest recruit as a hospital therapy dog, is already helping to bring comfort and happiness to patients, visitors and staff on his regular visits to the hospital’s wards.

Having recently retired from a career in IT, Graham was looking to widen his volunteering work to keep his social interaction going. It was suggested Jarvis would make a great therapy dog after talking to somebody he knew from the hospital.

An initial conversation with Zoe Goodman, the hospital’s Voluntary Services Manager led to Graham and Jarvis undertaking an assessment period to make sure they were suitable to join the team.