Volunteering Opportunity: Compassionate Communities Group Volunteer with Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Before you can register your interest for this opportunity you must be registered as a volunteer.

Rennie Grove is committed to linking people in our local area who have a desire to help others, with those who could benefit from support, therefore promoting and building a self-sustaining Compassionate Community.

Compassionate Communities is a social movement of local people enabled and supported to be more compassionate in their local communities.

Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment

District: Broxbourne, East Herts, Hertsmere, St Albans, Watford

Start Date: 21/07/2023
End Date: 20/12/2023

Location: From home

Time of day: Weekday Mornings, Weekday Afternoons

Practical Considerations: We provide training and support. Depending on where the groups are held, there may be differing accessibility.

Requirements (additional): 18+

Suitable for: 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, University students, Older People, People with a visual impairment, People with restricted mobility

Suitable for volunteers interested in: End of Life, Bereavement & Hospices, Isolation & Loneliness, Social Activities

Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: No

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Full Description:
Compassionate Communities Group volunteers are trained local people who offer their companionship, time, social and emotional support to people towards the end of life, due to age or illness and/or people who are suffering with a loss such as through bereavement.

The group volunteers offer their time in a group setting like a Community Hub or Compassionate Café.

Main tasks

• help run a local Community Hub and/or Compassionate Café in the community with support from the Community Engagement and clinical teams
• set up the venue to be a welcoming space
• offer friendship, emotional support and a listening ear to attendees
• help attendees to stay connected to the community as well as family and friends
• provide information leaflets and signpost any enquiries for RGP services
• represent the professional standards of the charity

We particularly need volunteers in:
• North Watford (Meriden & Leavesden area)
• Great Missenden
• Amersham
• Hemel Hempstead