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Volunteer drivers help older people in Berwickshire and Kelso to get to our befriending groups. The groups meet in Coldstream and Eyemouth. Drivers are welcome to stay and take part in group if they would like to. What do volunteer group befrienders do? Pick people up from their homes. Make sure they are safe getting in and out of the car. Make sure they use any walking aids they need. Come to training. Come to supervision sessions and team meetings. Follow the rules of BeFriend. Where does it happen? Coldstream and Eyemouth How much time does it take? The groups meet every two weeks on a Tuesday afternoon, from 2pm till 4pm. Will it cost me anything? We will pay you back for any petrol you use getting to the group or any bus fares.

Volunteers help older people in Berwickshire and Kelso who come to our befriending groups. The groups meet in Coldstream and Eyemouth. What do volunteer group befrienders do? Take part in activities at the groups. Chat to the older people attending the group. Help the BeFriend Project Worker to get activities set Help to clear up after the group. Come to training. Come to supervision sessions and team meetings. Follow the rules of BeFriend. Where does it happen? Coldstream and Eyemouth How much time does it take? The groups meet every two weeks on a Tuesday afternoon, from 2pm till 4pm. Will it cost me anything? We will pay you back for any petrol you use getting to the group or any bus fares.

Our volunteers offer informal companionship to older people in Berwickshire and Kelso. They help to make their lives more interesting, help them to do activities, and help them to keep up with their friends and family. What do volunteer befrienders do? Volunteers keep older people company in Berwickshire and Kelso. They help to make their lives more interesting and help them to do activities and keep up with their friends and family. Where does it happen? Usually in the older people’s own homes. Sometimes they might go to somewhere like a garden centre or a community centre if the volunteer is happy to do that. How much time does it take? As much time as you have to spare! Most volunteers do it for about 2 hours a week. Will it cost me anything? We will pay you back for any petrol you use or bus fares or cups of coffee you buy when you are volunteering. What will we do? Volunteers: Visit people in their homes. If you have the time, you might visit more than one person. Keep the person company. Help people to decide if they want to do something new. Help people to go to any clubs, societies, drop-in sessions, outings, and so on, that the person would like to go to but only if you are able to do these things. Take a note of visits and tell the co-ordinator if there are any problems. Come to training. Come to supervision sessions and team meetings. Follow the rules of BeFriend.

Our volunteers offer informal companionship to older people in Berwickshire and Kelso. They help to make their lives more interesting, help them to do activities, and help them to keep up with their friends and family. What do volunteer befrienders do? Volunteers keep older people company in Berwickshire and Kelso. They help to make their lives more interesting and help them to do activities and keep up with their friends and family. Where does it happen? Usually in the older people’s own homes. Sometimes they might go to somewhere like a garden centre or a community centre if the volunteer is happy to do that. How much time does it take? As much time as you have to spare! Most volunteers do it for about 2 hours a week. Will it cost me anything? We will pay you back for any petrol you use or bus fares or cups of coffee you buy when you are volunteering. What will we do? Volunteers: Visit people in their homes. If you have the time, you might visit more than one person. Keep the person company. Help people to decide if they want to do something new. Help people to go to any clubs, societies, drop-in sessions, outings, and so on, that the person would like to go to but only if you are able to do these things. Take a note of visits and tell the co-ordinator if there are any problems. Come to training. Come to supervision sessions and team meetings. Follow the rules of BeFriend.

Our volunteers offer informal companionship to older people in Berwickshire and Kelso. They help to make their lives more interesting, help them to do activities, and help them to keep up with their friends and family. What do volunteer befrienders do? Volunteers keep older people company in Berwickshire and Kelso. They help to make their lives more interesting and help them to do activities and keep up with their friends and family. Where does it happen? Usually in the older people’s own homes. Sometimes they might go to somewhere like a garden centre or a community centre if the volunteer is happy to do that. How much time does it take? As much time as you have to spare! Most volunteers do it for about 2 hours a week. Will it cost me anything? We will pay you back for any petrol you use or bus fares or cups of coffee you buy when you are volunteering. What will we do? Volunteers: Visit people in their homes. If you have the time, you might visit more than one person. Keep the person company. Help people to decide if they want to do something new. Help people to go to any clubs, societies, drop-in sessions, outings, and so on, that the person would like to go to but only if you are able to do these things. Take a note of visits and tell the co-ordinator if there are any problems. Come to training. Come to supervision sessions and team meetings. Follow the rules of BeFriend.

Have fun, learn new skills and make a difference to the lives of older people in your area. Bield Housing and Care are looking for volunteer Befrienders to join the team at retirement housing development, Priorwood Court, Melrose. Bield volunteers help reduce isolation and loneliness by supporting older people in a variety of ways. Our Befrienders might visit someone in their own home, or offer companionship by helping them to get out and about locally. We are ideally looking for someone to help out weekly or once every two weeks, for just a couple of hours. An induction day will be held for successful applicants and you will receive further training and ongoing support. Expenses will be provided and the minimum age for the role is 18 years old. If this sounds like a good fit for you, we’d really love to hear from you!

The purpose of this role is to staff the Alzheimer Scotland Borders Service Resource Hub in Kelso with reception, providing information and signposting to local services and resource leaflets, as well as also being there to meet and greet people with dementia and carers. Role Description: 1. To welcome visitors and service users. 2. Answer the telephone and take accurate messages. 3. Attend dementia awareness training and attend any other necessary training relevant to the volunteering role. 4. To carry out other reasonable duties requested of the volunteer.

The purpose of this role is to assist in facilitating within community groups organised by Alzheimer Scotland Borders Service. We have community group activities across the Scottish Borders for people living with dementia and their carers. We require the help of volunteers to help facilitate these groups, which could include things such as setting up activity rooms, making tea or coffee, or chatting to people living with dementia and carers. Role Description: 1. Help in assisting in the running of a community group as requested by group leader. 2. To enable individuals to meet with others with similar interests. 3. To communicate with people with dementia, family members and staff within the community group setting. 4. To attend training to be informed about dementia and to attend any other necessary training relevant to volunteering role. 5. To carry out any other reasonable duties requested of the volunteer. You will receive ongoing support from the community activities organiser, both by phone and face to face.

Volunteer drivers help older people in Berwickshire and Kelso to get to our befriending groups. The groups meet in Coldstream and Eyemouth. Drivers are welcome to stay and take part in group if they would like to. What do volunteer group befrienders do? Pick people up from their homes. Make sure they are safe getting in and out of the car. Make sure they use any walking aids they need. Come to training. Come to supervision sessions and team meetings. Follow the rules of BeFriend. Where does it happen? Coldstream and Eyemouth How much time does it take? The groups meet every two weeks on a Tuesday afternoon, from 2pm till 4pm. Will it cost me anything? We will pay you back for any petrol you use getting to the group or any bus fares.

Volunteer drivers help older people in Berwickshire and Kelso to get to our befriending groups. The groups meet in Coldstream and Eyemouth. Drivers are welcome to stay and take part in group if they would like to. What do volunteer group befrienders do? Pick people up from their homes. Make sure they are safe getting in and out of the car. Make sure they use any walking aids they need. Come to training. Come to supervision sessions and team meetings. Follow the rules of BeFriend. Where does it happen? Coldstream and Eyemouth How much time does it take? The groups meet every two weeks on a Tuesday afternoon, from 2pm till 4pm. Will it cost me anything? We will pay you back for any petrol you use getting to the group or any bus fares.