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Community Space Support Volunteer

  • VO101239

Description

We are all about Companionship in the Community – we offer a safe space for retired people to make new friends, learn new skills and mix with dogs! Can you support us by helping in our Community spaces? Are you confident and friendly with good listening skills? Are you dependable and trustworthy? A real team player who can ‘think on your feet’? Do you make a mean cuppa?
If yes, to the above and you can spare 3 to 4 hours a few times a month then we might just have the perfect opportunity for you (and your well-behaved dog too, if you have one!)

Organisation aims and objectives

Give a Dog a Bone… and an animal a home is a young, unique and award-winning charity. Established in November 2013 by a working Mum, who wanted to make a difference – the charity has since helped over 400 animals, and their older adults, to have a happier life – together. Our proposition is this – if you are over 60 and would love a pet, but are unable to afford one, the Give a Dog a Bone charity can help. There are 3 criteria: - The applicant must be over 60 - Money must be a genuine barrier to adopting - The animal must a rescue animal in need of rehoming It’s a WIN/WIN – the person gets a friend and the animal gets a home! Our financial support to adopt a rescue pet project is UK wide and has changed many lives, both human and animal, since November 2013. Early 2018, we launched a second project called ‘Companionship in the Community’ – this is a community space project where we offer a safe space to retired people to make new friends, learn new skills and mix with dogs. We now have 3 community spaces across Scotland and welcome hundreds of people through our doors, each week. At these spaces, we offer free activities to the over 60s. All the while, our very special team of Companionship Dogs are in the mix, looking for strokes and treats and bringing a smile to our visitor’s faces. Many older adults love animals but, for whatever reason, do not (or cannot) have their own pet. Our community spaces offer an opportunity to ‘scratch their doggy itch!’ and mix with our dogs – without the pressure of taking one home!

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Restrictions

We prefer our volunteers are over 18. Please see our website for further details.
Experience required: • Welcome visitors and their dogs to our community space, engage with them and make them feel at ease • Confidently and accurately promote the aims and objectives of the charity. • Maintain high levels of cleanliness and tidiness at all times, ensuring that the Community Space presents no risks to visitors, dogs, staff or volunteers • Deal with any donations handed into the charity via the Community Space as instructed by Management • To attend any additional training necessary for the role
Minimum age: 18

Support

Training details: • Full training will be provided – in your local community space with a member of staff or experienced volunteer. It is a hands-on role and you will be well supported. • You will have a named contact from the charity to support you throughout your volunteer journey

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