As a call companion, you will make regular telephone calls to an older person experiencing loneliness and isolation. These calls provide a lifeline of friendship for our older people, and the regular, warm, friendly chats and companionship provide a vital link with the outside world from which they have become isolated.
Duration: Ongoing
Start date: 14th March 2023
End date: 30th April 2025
When can volunteers volunteer? Weekly, Fortnightly
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Tasks the volunteer will be required to do: Calling the older person you have been matched with two to four times per month at an agreed time.
Phone the older person using our secure phone system.
Following the guidance in your call companion training modules to ensure that your calls are enjoyable, appropriate and in line with our charitable aims.
Letting Re-engage know if you have any concerns.
Training: As one of our valued call companions, you’ll receive training, support and regular communications from the Re-engage team.
This is a fun and rewarding role which will enable you to connect with a lonely older person and make a real and lasting difference to their life.
Skill and Qualifications Required: We welcome applications from friendly, positive volunteers who would like to communicate with an older person.
Areas of Interest: Community, Families, LGBT, Older people, Social Welfare
Opportunity suitable for: From your office, Home, Long term commitment, Older people, Online, People seeking work, People with a visual impairment, People with restricted mobility, University students, Other, 18 and over
What activities will the volunteer do? Befriending
Skills gained in this role: Listening, Organising, Talking to others, Teamwork
Home based opportunity? No
DBS Check Required: No
About the host organisation
Hosted by: Re-engage
Organisation Profile: Can you spare a little of your time to help a lonely older person feel valued and connected with the outside world? Re-engage, a charity dedicated to ending loneliness in older people, is searching for more volunteers to help run its free monthly tea parties for people aged 75 and over, who are lonely, isolated or in need of companionship.
These social gatherings provide a lifeline of friendship for older people who can often go days without any social contact. Volunteering for Re-engage can be an incredibly rewarding experience and you will receive support and training to help you get the most out of your role.
Together we can change lives and provide desperately needed companionship to end the crippling loneliness felt by so many.
Find out more about becoming a tea party group volunteer.
Charity number: 1146149
