2,500 people signed a petition to save the WRVS services

The Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) had planned to end all its services at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in June.

Following discussions, its three static stands in the hospital concourse will still close but the trolley service and its three vending machines will remain.

Commercial pressures have been blamed for the closures.

About 35 volunteers would have been affected by the closures which would have brought to an end the 40-year WRVS association with the hospital.

The charity had been making a loss at the hospital and was in direct competition with commercial outlets like Boots, WH Smiths and Costa.

We're sad to see the other services go but people are more dependent on the trolley service Joan Williams, WRVS manager

Some of the volunteers had been working there for about 20 years and were faced with redeployment within other WRVS services in south Wales.

They organised a petition against the closures and had 2,500, signatures including those of patients.

Joan Williams, manager of the WRVS at the hospital told the South Wales Echo the amount of signatures had helped to change the decision.

"We're sad to see the other services go but people are more dependent on the trolley service," she said.

"Now some of the volunteers are coming to help on the trolley we're hoping to make the service more frequent."

John Atkins, head of retail operations at the WRVS, said: "After discussion it has been decided to support the fantastic volunteers who operate the WRVS trolley service at the UHW.