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people, which is given voluntarily for the support of the NHS in England during the coronavirus crisis, details about what help tasks That you can do to.

More Than 750,000 people signed up to the "volunteer army" - Three Times the government's original goal - to help relieve the pressure on the NHS.

support, 2. 5 million people At Risk .

can have The Volunteers to deliver the food and medicines, to drive patients to appointments, and phone isolated.

The Process will be managed, where physicians, pharmacists and local authorities can request to upload the help of Tuesday .

thousands of approved volunteers can then choose which tasks you want to perform in your area.

Volunteers to switch your app to "on duty", to show when they are available.

Due to the great response, The Group of vulnerable people they support in England has been expanded from 1. 5 million 2. 5 million.

The government, the scheme initially had the goal of recruiting 250,000 volunteers. Recruitment was temporarily paused on July 29. March to process the first applications. to help

The Royal voluntary service charity, co-ordinate the scheme, have completed tests on the applications by The End of Tuesday .

Teacher Stacey Walsh is one of thousands who want to volunteer

One of the thousands to sign it, was Stacey Walsh, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, who is still teaching, but want to volunteer in your Spare Time .

the Bbc Breakfast said: "I've said I will do what is necessary. I am a very social person, so in the situation, people who are isolated, with support over The Phone - this is something That I am really.

"It is really important, as the employees of the public sector, we are next to the NHS. There is a unity Between Us , so I'm really happy That I can help. "

Two Days ago, Edward Butler-Ellis had not expected to find himself outside the apartment of an Elderly Woman in London, talking about their pharmacy collection in Portuguese with Google Translate .

She was one of a number of people At Risk , he has to run errands for the as part of the NHS-coronavirus volunteering scheme, over The Past day.

Edward told The Bbc That it was "clear That there is language barrier a bit of a" from the first moment he spoke to her on The Phone .

But instead of The Call to another volunteer, he turned to technology to.

"I had laughed a quick lesson on the front door," He Said .

"I [do not] want to find The Risk That it [would take] another 10 volunteers, someone who speaks Portuguese. "

Edward runs his own design and communication company, and, if the work began to dry up as a result of the outbreak, he decided, he fills his Spare Time with volunteer work.

He Said it was for him to see how many vulnerable people live in the capital.

"A lady I went to see yesterday, She felt guilty, for That phone, to help someone else," He Said .

"I wanted to want to help you with insurance, That people really. "

The Experience made him "emotional".

"It made me realize That there are people who really live In Fear of her life - She was afraid to go outside, and She was quite frustrated, Some People were still on the road and enjoy yourself, As If it were a kind of extended holiday," He Said .

Catherine Johnstone, chief executive of The Royal Voluntary Service, said it was "a tremendous effort" to have the scheme up and running, but it was now "open for business".

She Said : "It is determined by grain size, has us through with 750,000 volunteers. To authenticate this, under normal circumstances, months would take, but we don't have months. We would like to shield The Most at-risk patients now. "

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