Meet the 90-year-old woman still volunteering at a Newcastle-based hospice

Meet the 90-year-old woman still volunteering at a Newcastle-based hospice

A 90-year-old woman is being celebrated as St Oswald’s Hospice's oldest active volunteer.

Volunteers' Week 2025: Meet Susan - St Ann's Hospice

Susan Conlon has been volunteering at St Ann’s Hospice’s Edgeley shop for the past three years, bringing warmth, dedication, and plenty of colour coordination to the shop every Wednesday. Before joining the shop team, Susan first volunteered at the hospice itself, fitting in shifts on the drinks trolley for inpatients every other Saturday morning around her job as a receptionist. She says: “I loved it at the hospice, it was really nice. I didn’t…