NHS Oldest Volunteer
1930. Beryl Carr
Beryl Carr, from London, aged 100, is the NHS’s oldest volunteer.
![Beryl Carr](https://www.pointsoflight.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Beryl-Carr.png)
Beryl started volunteering at Ealing Hospital’s League of Friends café after moving back to London when she was widowed in 2003 as a way of meeting new people. Since then, she has served teas, coffees and snacks to thousands of hospital patients and visitors, and, after a period of shielding due to the pandemic, continues to volunteer once a month.
Beryl said:
“Oh my goodness, I don’t believe it!”
Pictured above: staff at Ealing Hospital throw Beryl a party for her 100th birthday earlier this year