“Raising Spirits” is flagship project launched within the framework of the European Year of Volunteering 2011. This one-year project is being led by SOS Malta in partnership with Mater Dei Hospital (Malta), Malta Cancer Foundation, Voices Foundation and The Malta Council for Culture and the Arts.

The overall objective of the Raising Spirits project is to promote and develop an enabling and facilitating environment for creative and artistic volunteering within healthcare, aimed at improved patient recovery and community wellbeing.

To achieve this, the Raising Spirits partners are setting up of a volunteer-based structure called the Volunteer Committee. In line with this, the Raising Spirits partners are looking for 10 people to form this Volunteer Committee whose role will be to promote the concept of creative and artistic volunteering at Mater Dei Hospital. To read more about this call visit www.sosmalta.org/raisingspirits.