Volunteering Opportunity: Volunteer Tea Party Host Stevenage with Re-engage
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As a tea party host, you’ll host a tea party in your home once or twice a year providing refreshments for the older guests, volunteer drivers and the tea party group coordinator.Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment
District: Stevenage
Location: From home
Time of day: Weekend Half Days
Practical Considerations: This is a flexible voluntary role that can easily be fitted in around your own lifestyle and availability, most tea party hosts host once or twice a year.
A tea party normally lasts for two hours, and you’ll need to plan in a little extra time for setting up and tidying away afterwards.
Tea party hosts will need:
A downstairs toilet
Adequate parking outside your home
No more than two stairs leading into your home
A selection of seating, such as lounge and hardback chairs
Please note that you must be at least 18 years old to become a Re-engage volunteer.
To keep our services free for older people, we aren’t able to pay expenses for this role.
Requirements (additional): We’re looking for tea party hosts who have: Good entertaining skills A friendly nature Good listening skills Good conversation skills Basic understanding of food hygiene Patience and understanding A passion for improving the lives of lonely and isolated
Suitable for: 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, Families, Older People
Suitable for volunteers interested in: Isolation & Loneliness, Older People
Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: No
Full Description:
As a tea party host, you’ll host a tea party in your home once or twice a year providing refreshments for the older guests, volunteer drivers and the tea party group coordinator.
Each tea party group usually last for around two hours and normally take place on a Sunday afternoon.
Tea parties provide a lifeline of friendship for socially isolated or lonely older people. The warm, regular, and friendly companionship provides a vital link with the outside world from which they’ve become isolated.
To become a tea party host you’ll need to:
Attend a 30-minute online volunteer group induction
Complete an ID check
Provide a reference
Complete online volunteer training modules
Tasks include:
Welcoming older people and volunteers into your home and making them feel comfortable.
Safely preparing and serving refreshments for the tea party group.
Ensuring that your home is safe and accessible for the tea party group.
Following the guidance in the online volunteer training so that the tea parties are safe, enjoyable, appropriate and in line with our charitable aims.
Keeping in regular contact with the tea party group coordinator so they know when you’re available to host, and so you know how many people to expect and if there are any dietary requirements.
Reporting any concerns to the tea party group coordinator.
Keeping your knowledge and training up to date by reading our monthly volunteer newsletter – Re-engage Matters.