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Impact volunteer

  • VO97777
  • Home-based volunteering

Description

Impact volunteers help us to evaluate our work so that we can understand the impact of our services. This can involve interviewing older people or asking them to complete questionnaires.

The role asks you to give around two hours each week (or eight to 10 hours per month). You will spend most of your time surveying older people on the phone and gathering their responses, and there may be interviewing opportunities for those volunteers who would like to do so. This is a flexible and remote voluntary role that can be carried out from home.

You will need one reference and to complete an ID check for this role.

Organisation aims and objectives

Re-engage is a charity that is positive about older age and committed to fighting loneliness so that people can have social lives and friendship groups however old they are. We inspire and enable meaningful connections and shared experiences within communities across the UK for people over 75 facing loneliness and social isolation. Our volunteers work together to create better communities and help to enrich the lives of our members by giving them something to look forward to. Older people who may have felt very alone, now feel valued as individuals, continue to form friendships, and have groups that give support. We make sure that people know they are important well into old age.

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2 hours a week

Frequency and commitment details

2 hours a week

Restrictions

Experience required: • Excellent communication skills. • Good administrative skills and IT literacy • Have their own computer and internet connection. • The ability to listen to answers and record them appropriately. • Patience and understanding. • A passion for improving the lives of lonely and isolated older people.
Minimum age: 18

Support

Training details: Core and role specific training is self-directed online.
Support: Named Contact For Volunteer

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