>What is this role? This role involves visiting blind and partially sighted people in their homes, installing their new radio and teaching them how to use it as well as proving ongoing support, where needed. This role also involves a small amount of admin. >Where is it based? The role is based within your local area. You will be asked to travel around a reasonable distance within your local area. (To be mutually agreed.) >How much time will I need to commit? Each visit will take around 2 hours to complete. Depending on your area, we envisage that there will be around 1-2 visits per month. >What does the role involve? • Contact recipients by phone to agree appointment time • Visit people in their homes and install our audio equipment • Give instruction and demonstration of the equipment • Complete paperwork for each visit • Make follow up telephone call, and if required arrange further visit and training • Collect broken sets and arrange repairs • Deliver replacement sets to existing clients >What kind of person are you looking for? • Someone patient • IT knowledge an advantage but not essential • Full, clean driving licence • Good communicator >What’s in it for me? • Full training • Full expenses • The chance to gain valuable experience within a national charity • Provide support to blind and partially sighted people within your community **Please note that a full CRB check (provided by us) is required for this position** **This role requires a full, clean driving licence and access to your own vehicle** For more information please contact steven@blind.org.uk Find out about us, our products and services and much more at www.blind.org.uk

*Why not join our exciting Hearing Forces project, which is providing support to veterans aged 65+, who have hearing loss or tinnitus and their families and carers. If you’ve got a few hours to spare every month, you could help reduce loneliness and social isolation and provide life changing support to older veterans.* There’s the opportunity to assist with hearing screening, information and hearing aid maintenance. You’ll also inform veterans about helpful equipment and signpost veterans to other services within the Unforgotten Forces consortium that can help them. No previous experience is essential, as you will get lots of training and support. For further details please contact Heather Hart, Hearing Forces – Project Assistant at E Mail: hearing.forces@hearingloss.org.uk or tel.: 0141 341 5344.

Creative? Love arts and crafts? Find it easy to share what you know with others? Always up for a friendly chat? If so, you could well be perfect for our arts and crafts volunteer role, helping our members develop their skills and creativity in our fully equipped, purpose-build art room. We are looking for a volunteer who can support members with their tasks and projects, so your hands-on skills will be key (ideally your many talents will include sewing). Equally, you should someone who can to strike up a friendly conversation with our members and support interaction between them. As a volunteer, you will meet inspiring people, gain valuable experiences, and help us to change the lives of those who have served their country.

We require production Assistants to copy and prepare newstapes from a master tape recording and get them ready for distribution. The role requires someone to copy the next issue of the Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper, replace the older recording with the new one, seal the package, check the address label and check that the return label is correct and Post prepared packages

Digital recording of On the Rebound Magazine is a new project from Rockvale Rebound Talking Newspaper which, for the time being, will run in tandem with the current tape cassettes. On the Rebound will provide information such as social events, recipes, anecdotes and local memories. We are looking for people to assist with the process, people with a clear voice and able to read our scripts for recording, the role will require an element of research which can be done from home. We also require our volunteers to learn how to record, copy recordings and prepare them for distribution. Ideally we want our volunteers to learn the whole process from researching to distribution

To provide regular friendly conversation and companionship for an elderly, socially isolated person on an ongoing basis. The activities and responsibilities will vary according to the needs of the visually impaired person. Some people require help with reading and writing letters. Others may want to go out for a walk, but can only do so with a sighted guide. Some people like the chance to go shopping, while others just want to sit and chat over a cup of tea.

The aim of this role is to help us provide a friendly and welcoming reception service and to support the smooth running of the reception area. Tasks: - Welcoming visitors to the building - Answering incoming telephone calls, passing on to the relevant team member or taking messages and making calls when appropriate - Calling taxis and transport providers as needed - Dealing with incoming and outgoing mail (this may involve taking mail to the local post office) This role requires membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. It won't cost you anything and we will assist you with your application to join the scheme. If you are already a member of the scheme, you will only need to complete an update form.

At present we have a website, just recently constructed but needs to be optimised. We have an independent Twitter account and a Facebook page but the Facebook account is connected to the manager's personal Facebook page. We, therefore, need to develop an independent Facebook page for the charity. We believe it would also be advantageous to the charity to have an Instagram page. We need a volunteer, or volunteers, to create a new Facebook page and an Instagram page. To moderate, promote and develop the charity on social media creating a profile that will hopefully assist us in promoting our work and increase our online fundraising. We also need that person, or persons, to optimise our website profile on the Internet to drive more views to our website. This will hopefully lead to more people becoming members of the charity and making donations to the charity via our website and social media pages.

Many Deaf and hard of hearing people feel lonely, isolated, cut off from friends, families and communities. They can develop health issues due to the problems they encounter because of their deafness and accompanying communication difficulties. They regularly face social exclusion, discrimination and poor understanding of their needs from service providers, employers and the community in general. Volunteer Befrienders will support the Deaf/Hard of Hearing person in building up their confidence and coping skills outside the home and widening their ability to travel. Befrienders work with the Deaf/Hard of Hearing people to support whichever goal that person may wish to achieve and support them with everyday activities that most of us take for granted such as shopping, art galleries, social clubs, exhibitions, accessing local community activities, libraries.

The role is diverse, from promoting the work we do at information stands, including using pop-up stands and arranging leaflets on a table, using materials provided by Action on Hearing Loss, carrying out basic hearing screenings, where appropriate to Follow health and safety guidelines and complete risk assessments. You will also be required to: Collect leaflets and equipment from Head Office and take them to the venue; Answer questions from visitors to the stand and hand out leaflets, as appropriate; Complete enquiry forms if you are unable to provide the information, and pass the form to the Information Officer to follow up; Monitor the number of enquiries at each session and collect feedback from all service users to share with the Information Officer; Meet with Action on Hearing Loss staff and other volunteers to discuss the project and suggest any improvements.