MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BECOME AN NKMT VOLUNTEER.
High blood pressure is a leading cause of lifestyle related brain haemorrhages, yet a third of the population has high blood pressure and 50% of those people are undiagnosed. Therefore, at The Natalie Kate Moss Trust our prevention campaign focuses on driving better awareness and education of the importance of managing blood pressure and helping people to check their blood pressure more frequently.
Our awareness days go into the community to share this message, offering free blood pressure checks to help pick up cases of undiagnosed hypertension. Our volunteers are such an important part of these days as they help us test more people, a test which for some could be life saving.
You don't need any medical background. We'll show you everything on the day.
By signing up today, we’ll be in touch about our next awareness days, and there's no commitment at this stage.
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3 – 4 hours
typical awareness day shift
No medical experience needed
Events happen across the UK
You arrive and meet the team
Introductions, and a run-through of what's happening.
We show you how it works
How the monitor works, what the numbers mean, and what to say if a reading is high. Nothing technical.
You get going
Welcoming people over, taking readings, handing out information. Always alongside someone experienced.
You head home
Usually having spoken to dozens of people, several of whom will book a GP appointment because of you.
Blood Pressure Awareness Days
What you'd actually be doing
We set up in shopping centres, universities, workplaces and community venues and offer passers-by a free blood pressure check. It takes about a minute per person, and for some of them it's the moment they find out something they had no idea about.
You'll always be part of a team, working alongside people who've done it before.
We also occasionally need…
Awareness days are where we need people most, but they're not the only way to get involved.
Your questions, answered
Still not sure? These are the things people ask us most.
No. The vast majority of our volunteers have no medical background at all. We'll show you how everything works on the day, and you'll always be part of a team rather than on your own.
A typical awareness day shift is around three to four hours. There's no minimum commitment. Some volunteers join us for a single event, others come along whenever we're in their area.
All over the UK, in shopping centres, universities, workplaces and community venues.
We set up a stand and offer passers-by a free blood pressure check, which takes about a minute. You'll welcome people over, take readings alongside experienced volunteers, and hand out information about what the numbers mean.
Not at all. Signing up just means we'll let you know when an awareness day is happening near you. You come to the ones you can make, and there's no obligation to any of them.
Yes please. We occasionally need someone to capture our awareness days, races and fundraising events. Sign up and tick the relevant box, and we'll be in touch when something comes up.
We'd love that. Get in touch at hello@nataliekatemoss.co.uk or see our corporate page and we'll talk through what's possible.
Sign up to volunteer.
Fill this the form and we'll let you know when we're in need of volunteers.
It takes about two minutes.
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You'll see the impact the same day. Someone finds out their blood pressure is dangerously high and goes to their GP. That happens at almost every event we run.
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No experience needed, ever. Training happens on the day, and you'll never be working on your own.
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We're small enough to know you. You won't be a number in a volunteer database. You'll know the team and they'll know you.
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You'll gain real skills. Talking confidently to strangers about health is a genuinely useful thing to be good at.
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You're supporting research that didn't exist before. NKMT funds brain haemorrhage research at the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, University of Manchester.
Questions first?
Email hello@nataliekatemoss.co.uk and a real person will reply.