Independent Age (
http://www.independentage.org.uk) is a support community for older people living across the UK and Ireland. We offer advice, information and, where it is required, emergency financial aid to our members. Just as importantly, we also offer friendship to those who are isolated and lonely through our dedicated network of volunteers.
We are currently looking for empathetic and caring people to become Volunteer Visitors and help support our befriending service in various areas of the country. This role involves anything from dropping in on an older person for a coffee and a chat, checking that someone is alright or arranging a trip to the local shops. Some of the older people we help need more support, others less so. As a volunteer visitor you’ll be matched with an older person living near you and you can fit your visits around your other commitments and responsibilities. Visiting can be a source of satisfaction, enjoyment and fun – for the volunteer as well as the person being visited. Many of the older people we support have life experiences and histories that can fascinate and enthral. An hour or two can fly by. We’ll never ask more than you can give. You’ll know that you can fit your volunteering around the rest of your life but you’ll see the results first hand – in welcoming smiles, laughter and gratitude.
All volunteers receive a full induction as well as support from a dedicated Area Manager as well as the oppotunity of attending a range of training and reimbursement of out out of pocket expenses.
If you would be interested in becoming a Volunteer Visitor and making a genuine difference to people in your local community please contact the Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator, Andy Nisbet, on 0207 605 4286 or
andrew.nisbet@independentage.org.uk
