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Community Volunteer - Shopping and prescription Service

  • Healthy and Active in East Kilbride
  • VO95928

Description

We are looking for dedicated volunteers to help with our shopping and prescription service. This essential service ensures that those struggling to get out the house or who aren’t fully able to get a shop for themselves can get a weekly shop and maintain independence and have agency of their own shopping. Volunteers will be added to a Whatsapp group where call outs will be made for the shops that week. If the volunteer is available then they offer to do the shop and a member of staff will email the service users details and shopping list, the volunteer with then do the shopping then deliver it the service users’ home then you will be reimbursed for the shop and your millage. This is role is perfect for anyone who wants to help out and make a difference but can’t commit to set weekly time slots.

Organisation aims and objectives

Healthy and Active in East Kilbride (formerly Older and Active in East Kilbride), a registered charity, has been based within East Kilbride Town Centre since 2003. Over the past couple of years they have introduced new services which all have the main aim of providing services which help people with disabilities and encourage active ageing, maintaining independence, remaining included within their own community and enjoy a good qualify of life, health and wellbeing. The service is available 7 days per week, 52 weeks of the year.

Availability

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening

The volunteer is free do the shop any time on the agreed day within working day hours.

Frequency and commitment details

The volunteer is free do the shop any time on the agreed day within working day hours. The volunteer is free do the shop any time on the agreed day within working day hours. This applies to expense payment frequency

Restrictions

No Gender Restriction, UK drivers License or able to get from shop/pharmacy with goods to the service users home. Someone who doesn’t mind traveling to different parts of East Kilbride.
Experience required: No Expertise, Caring,Good Communicator,Good Listener,Organised,Patient,Reliable / Dependable,Team Player,Trustworthy,
Travel details: The opportunity takes place at multiple location across South Lanarkshire East Kilbride
Minimum age: 18

Support

Expenses paid: Yes
Expenses details: The volunteer will fill out a monthly expenses sheet for petrol/diesel and will be be reimbursed 45p per litre.
Support: Named Contact For Volunteer

Last updated a month ago

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