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Volunteer Group Coordinator

  • Re-Engage (Clacks)
  • VO70411

Description

Re-Engage (formerly Contact the Elderly) was set up in 1965, and is committed to older people being heard, valued and engaged. Supported by a network of volunteers, the group organises monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for small groups of older people around 70 and over, who live alone, offering a regular and vital friendship link every month.

Coordinators ensure everything runs smoothly each month. They are normally the volunteer drivers too.

Coordinators organise the monthly group outings by liaising with the hosts and the drivers so that everyone is clear about the time, date and place.

Support and advice for coordinators is readily available from National Office, Development Officer or Support Officer.

They ask all group coordinators for two references and the group also undertake a PVG check before starting as a volunteer.

The coordinator role is very important. It is the coordinator’s role to be organised and keep everyone informed, planning the monthly host schedule, assisting with PVG checks and liaising with new volunteers and guests.

Re-Engage hold an annual Group Coordinator meeting.

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. Respectful, determined, warm, pioneering, and local: we are Re-engage and we are bringing generations together.

Availability

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Once monthly commitment of a couple hours.

Frequency and commitment details

Once monthly commitment of a couple hours.

Restrictions

Volunteer must be 17 and over as Group Coordinator, they are normally a driver
Experience required: Looking for friendly, well organised people who enjoy the company of older people.
Minimum age: 17

Last updated 24 days ago

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