Making A Difference Volunteer Update

Our New Hospital at Home project will be delivered in the Welwyn and Hatfield, Broxbourne, East Herts, North Herts and Stevenage areas of Hertfordshire, and will help individuals stay at home while monitoring their vitals, rather than attending appointments every day. This can relieve pressure on the NHS, as well as keeping clients comfortable at home.

We are looking for volunteers who can devote some time out of their day to attend home visits with individuals in the community who need some help using their Doccla kits. These kits can monitor vitals, and allow patients to be monitored from home, rather than attending time consuming medical appointments. Each client will need one or two visits a day, for up to two weeks including weekends, and this task can be shared amongst multiple volunteers to allow everyone to work this activity around their schedule.

These will be individuals who have been recently discharged from hospital or who are being closely monitored by health professionals, and need a little bit of help. 

This kit is very simple to use, and we will give you full training on how to help individuals use it. Volunteers will need to be DBS checked and we can arrange this. If you might be interested in this activity please get in touch via email us or give us a call on 01727 649980.

With another year passed, it is time for our annual survey for clients. This survey allows us to check in with our clients, as well as monitor feedback which we can then use to inform and improve our services. 

In order to complete this survey, we need some help calling everyone. If you have some spare time, and would be happy to call some clients and conduct a short survey with them, please give us a call on 01727 649900 or email us. 

We will give you all the training you need for this role. This activity would need to be completed in our main office (1st Floor, Ver House, Park Estate, Frogmore, St. Albans, AL2 2WH), and we will have a full desk set up and landline for you to use.

You will be surrounded by friendly staff members who will be more than happy to support you or answer any questions you have. Just drop us a call now if you would like to know more!

We are looking for some volunteers who would like to support people through our Neighbourly Walks scheme. 

We know how beneficial walking can be for the mind and the body, and we want to support as many people in the community as we can to maintain their independence, and get same fresh air while doing it.

Please call us on 01727 649900 or email us to register for this activity.

We have recently been supporting new international NHS arrivals in Bishops Stortford. This role comes with some new forms of support, and we are looking for volunteers who would be able to support individuals in this area as one to one buddies. Responsibilities would include helping them check in to their properties, showing them around the local area, helping them register with a local GP and dentist, and supporting them in their search for long term accommodation. 

We are also looking for volunteers who would be able to support us in our search for short term accommodation for the new arrivals. We need individuals who can attend house viewings to ensure they are suitable (we will guide you through what you are looking for in these properties, do not worry).

We would cover all your expenses for these activities, such as parking when showing people around, or mileage reimbursement if you drive to a viewing. 

If you would like to know more, or are interested in helping these new international arrivals, please do email us or give us a call on 01727 649900. 

We are looking for volunteers who would like to support our clients to maintain their independence on our shopper bus service or day trips. 

This role would see you accompany these bus journeys so you can guide clients who need a little bit of extra help to the minibus and around the shops or day trip destinations. 

Come along, make some friends, and enjoy a trip out, all while helping someone else join in the fun.

Please call us on 01727 649900 or email us to register for this activity. 

As you may know, our Leeming Road hub is currently closed, so Computers and a Cuppa Borehamwood will temporarily be running on Wednesdays from 1pm to 4pm at Aberford Hall community Centre (Aberford Road, Borehamwood WD6 1PN), and on Fridays from 10am to 2pm at Organ Hall Community Centre (37 Bairstow Close, Borehamwood WD6 4TB) with our team member Rex. If you would like to join as a volunteer, please do reach out to us on 01727 649900 or email us here. 

Our other Computers and a Cuppa sessions will be running as usual, and we would welcome anyone who is interested in helping us provide these sessions to reach out to us via email us to find out more.

If you know some people who may benefit from these sessions, please feel free to forward the session information to them. These sessions operate on a drop in basis, are free, and any one is welcome, whether they are just beginning to learn about tech, or have some prior experience. If you belong to any clubs or groups you would like to advertise these sessions in, please feel free to contact us for any posters you might like to share with others or place on your community/ notice boards. 

The Multiply project aims to improve people's numeracy skills, to help them in their every day life, by offering maths boosting courses. These will include shopping on a budget, make do and mend and make do and cook.

We are looking for volunteers to become Number Ninjas. Number Ninjas will help us:

• Identify the learning needs of local residents
• Engage and refer suitable candidates for tailored tutoring support.

If you are interested in this opportunity, email us or telephone 01727 649950.

We are running Ukrainian support meetings, so we are looking for volunteers to help facilitate these.

You can find out more about this opportunity here.

You can email or call us on 01727 649900 to find out more.

Training courses are available to our volunteers all year round. You can learn about all the topics we cover and register for dated sessions by clicking here.

New Volunteer Expenses Claim Form

We have a new volunteer expense request form. If you don't have it, please email us and we will send it to you.

For Shopping Delivery and Prescription Collection Expenses

• To claim expenses, please sign up to our dashboard and upload your expenses there. Click here to create a login using the same email address that you originally signed up with. You will then see a list of your completed and pending activities.
• Please submit expense claims the same week that you carried out your shop, and if appropriate, provide a photo of your receipt. If an expense is not claimed in a timely manner it can lead to a client going into arrears, which can cause them stress and confusion. We appreciate your help with this.
• If this is your first shop, you will first need to email us your bank details  so you can be reimbursed.

For Drivers, Litter Pickers and Other Roles' Expenses

• You will have been sent an expense claim form when you confirmed your job. To claim your expenses, please complete this and return it to the sender.