Older People

Dementia Meeting Centre Volunteer

BARN Age UK Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Bromsgrove District, Disease Support and Prevention, Health and Social Care, Mental Health, Older People, Redditch Borough

Age UK Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Bromsgrove and Redditch area) Description of the role Our Dementia Meeting Centre volunteers support the Meeting Centre Assistants to enable the smooth running of the Centres. Main duties will include: Helping to set up the Meeting Centre beforehand including moving chairs and tables Welcoming people as they arrive Providing refreshments, … Continue reading Dementia Meeting Centre Volunteer

Companion Line Telephone Befriender

BARN Age UK Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Befriender, Bromsgrove District, Health and Social Care, Mental Health, Older People, Redditch Borough, Work from home, Wyre Forest

Age UK Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Bromsgrove and Redditch area) Description of the role The role of Companion Line Volunteer is to provide a weekly telephone call to an older person who is feeling lonely or isolated. The telephone call is for a friendly chat, as well as to give information and support to enable the … Continue reading Companion Line Telephone Befriender

Call Scheduler

BARN Administration, BluWave Community Service CIC, Bromsgrove District, Community Transport, Older People, Redditch Borough, Work from home

BluWave Community CIC Description of the role You will register new service users and book journeys for them. Activities you will do also include: Booking the journeys requested by phone. Registering new clients by completing manual form and entering onto bespoke journey management system. Contacting the volunteer drivers to check availability. Contacting the volunteer drivers … Continue reading Call Scheduler

Employability Skills Support

BARN Bromsgrove District, Families, Financial Support, Health and Social Care, Older People, Redditch Borough, Shaw Trust, Young people and children

Shaw Trust Description of the role As an Employability Support Volunteer, you will provide valuable help by sharing your skills and experience with Shaw Trust’s participants whilst they are receiving support from one of our programmes. You will help participants build their confidence, motivation, and self-esteem through increasing their skills in employability-related activities. From sharing … Continue reading Employability Skills Support

Tea Party Group Coordinator

BARN Administration, Health and Social Care, Hospitality and Food, Older People, Re-Engage, Redditch Borough

Re-Engage Description of the role As a tea party group coordinator, you’ll plan, organise and schedule monthly tea parties in your local area. This is an administrative role that requires communicating and socialising with older guests, volunteer hosts and drivers from all walks of life. Each tea party group usually last for around two hours … Continue reading Tea Party Group Coordinator

RELEVANT PERSONS REPRESENTATIVE (RPR) VOLUNTEER

BARN Bromsgrove District, Disability, Health and Social Care, Mental Health, Older People, Onside Advocacy, Redditch Borough

Onside Advocacy (Bromsgrove & Redditch) Description of the role Part of the Advocacy Services that Onside provides, an RPR is an independent person who ‘looks out’ for an older or disabled person living in a Residential and Nursing care home, making sure they aregetting the right care and support and are being treated fairly. This … Continue reading RELEVANT PERSONS REPRESENTATIVE (RPR) VOLUNTEER

Retail Assistant

BARN Bromsgrove District, Disability, Disease Support and Prevention, Families, Older People, Primrose Hospice, Redditch Borough, Retail

Primrose Hospice (Bromsgrove & Redditch) Description of the role As a volunteer retail assistant, you can help to ensure our customers receive the best possible service and enjoy our shop and what it has to offer. Join the rest of our dedicated volunteers and help to make our shops a huge success on the high street. The … Continue reading Retail Assistant

Health Walk Leader/Helper

BARN Bromsgrove District, Community, Disability, Nature and Outdoors, Older People, Redditch Borough, Sports and Fitness, Sports and Leisure, Walking for Health (Bromsgrove and Redditch)

Walking for Health (Bromsgrove and Redditch) Description of the role We are looking for volunteers to help with our health walks. You will be supplied with 2 hours of training. Walks can be set up at a time/day and location to fit in with the volunteer’s lifestyle. The commitment would be for 1 hour a week, and this … Continue reading Health Walk Leader/Helper

Walk Leader

BARN Bromsgrove District, Community, Disability, Nature and Outdoors, Older People, Redditch Borough, Sports and Fitness, Worcestershire Health Walks

Worcestershire Health Walks Description of the role Do you enjoy walking and meeting others? Volunteer Walk Leaders help lead short local walks in their communities and encourage others to walk more for the social and physical health benefits that walking gives. Free half day training available. We are after Volunteer Walk Leaders in Worcestershire, Redditch … Continue reading Walk Leader

Befriender

BARN Age UK Bromsgrove, Redditch & Wyre Forest, Befriender, Bromsgrove District, Mental Health, Older People, Redditch Borough, Wyre Forest

Age UK Bromsgrove, Redditch & Wyre Forest Description of the role Can you help us to make a difference to older people living in North Worcestershire? Did you know that over 1.2 million older people (aged 65 and over in England) are persistently/ chronically lonely)? Loneliness is a terrible thing, but you can do something … Continue reading Befriender