We at Sunnybrae are a Very Sheltered Housing complex, set up to enable people to live independently in a community setting with the added bonus of high-quality care and access to meals and activities provided at the Core building. We are looking for volunteers to support our friendly staff team with organising and leading activities for our residents. Activities could include organising or providing: * Live music or singing; * Arts and crafts sessions; * Physical exercise such as chair yoga, boccia, any active games; * Gardening and sprucing up our little cul-de-sac; * Pampering sessions, hair and nails and make-up; * Technology and learning, maybe you could show our residents a games console or VR set?; * Fundraising ideas for out comfort fund; … or just taking a resident for a wander and a blether. We will be delighted to have your ideas and for you to share your hobbies with us. These can be group activities or one-to-one activities with residents, tailored to both your interests and the resident’s. This role is very flexible and does not require fixed days – every hour spent with our residents enriches their lives and will be very much appreciated. What could a volunteer gain from the experience: Helping our residents lead a fulfilled life - reviving old skills or even learning new ones is a wonderful thing for them and the satisfaction you will gain from this can make an immense positive difference to your life as well. Maybe you are interested in a job in care in the future? This would be a great opportunity to gain an understanding of the sector and can support a future application. Maybe you could even learn an old skill from one of our residents!

Support people to attend regular social activities and connect to their community. You could be driving people to their local centre, offering lunches, healthy snacks and a good blether, and tailoring support through social activities. If you'd like to have a positive effect on people in your community, this is the role for you. The role is flexible and works around your skills and talents. The aim is to work towards supporting older people to enjoy a social environment and have an opportunity to reduce social isolation and loneliness. The role can be split into areas of purpose, across the session, where you offer an hour one week and maybe more the next. Skills and talents that could be advantageous to the social centre service provision include: Support in setting the venue session to meet the needs of the day. Meet, great welcome – serving a snack and cuppa/drink on arrival. Having conversations that engages and connects within our core value to care and protect. Supporting and delivering stimulating activities that sparks brilliance, fun and engagement. The importance of strong teamwork that coordinates light cleaning, kitchen duties and serving meals. Playing a music instrument, being creative with household waste, reading stories / poems Encouraging, supporting and delivering a shared group activity, with the aim of supporting client to leave the session, having good fun, banter and a feeling of value and worth. Supporting the end of session closedown, ensuring clients leave safely and light cleaning duties.

Support people to attend regular social activities and connect to their community. You could be driving people to their local centre, offering lunches, healthy snacks and a good blether, and tailoring support through social activities. If you'd like to have a positive effect on people in your community, this is the role for you. The role is flexible and works around your skills and talents. The aim is to work towards supporting older people to enjoy a social environment and have an opportunity to reduce social isolation and loneliness. The role can be split into areas of purpose, across the session, where you offer an hour one week and maybe more the next. Skills and talents that could be advantageous to the social centre service provision include: Support in setting the venue session to meet the needs of the day. Meet, great welcome – serving a snack and cuppa/drink on arrival. Having conversations that engages and connects within our core value to care and protect. Supporting and delivering stimulating activities that sparks brilliance, fun and engagement. The importance of strong teamwork that coordinates light cleaning, kitchen duties and serving meals. Playing a music instrument, being creative with household waste, reading stories / poems Encouraging, supporting and delivering a shared group activity, with the aim of supporting client to leave the session, having good fun, banter and a feeling of value and worth. Supporting the end of session closedown, ensuring clients leave safely and light cleaning duties.

The Food Train operates throughout Scotland, supporting older people in local communities to remain living in their own home, as independently as possible. If you like chatting, meeting people and getting out and about this could be the role for you! Our volunteer befrienders take part in home visits, one on one excursions and sometimes group trips. We have a large number of older people in Falkirk experiencing loneliness and isolation who would love the companionship of another person who can visit on a regular basis. The role involves: - Visiting an older person in their own home to spend time chatting, listening and discussing various topics; playing a game; doing a puzzle; cooking... Whatever interests you both! We will always try to match you with someone we think you would be compatible with. - There's always the option to go out on walks or outings. - Visits will be arranged in advance and may be at a regular time every day/week/fortnight. - We ask that you update staff after visits and complete monitoring and reviewing requirements. - Informing staff of any concerns, accidents, incidents or complaints. - There's always the option to attend volunteer meetings, training and social events throughout the year.