Volunteering Opportunity: Befriending Service Volunteer (Borehamwood Area) with Age UK Hertfordshire
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Are you a good listener?Can you spare an hour a week to enrich a person's life?
Why not become a Befriending Volunteer and
help older people feel less alone.
Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment
District: Hertsmere
Location: Indoor
Time of day: Weekday Mornings, Weekday Afternoons, Weekday Evenings, Weekend Half Days
Practical Considerations: Due to the geographical location, you will need to be a driver and have access to a car.
Requirements: Will require a criminal record check (DBS), Own vehicle or access to a vehicle, Driving licence
Requirements (additional): All volunteers are recruited subject to references and a clear enhanced DBS.
Suitable for: 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, University students
Suitable for volunteers interested in: Health and Wellbeing, Isolation & Loneliness, Mental Health, Older People
Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: No
Full Description:
Our Volunteers provide friendship and a listening ear to someone who would like some company.
You will be carefully matched with an older person, providing friendship and sharing news, views and interests.
You will regularly visit somebody in their own home every week, perhaps for a cup of tea and a chat or you may choose to take them into their local town or garden centre.