Volunteering opportunities

A Call in Time

Volunteers provide a telephone support service for older people during key times of transition, such as after bereavement, or leaving hospital. This is not a helpline, and volunteers make but do not receive calls. Volunteers can work from home if desired or from one of our offices. This service operates 7 days a week.

Administration

Volunteers provide invaluable support in our offices. They help on reception, with catering, filing and helping with all areas of work in our busy administration department. General support work makes our organisation function more effectively and ensures we maximise our limited resources.

Church Street Centre, Evesham

Volunteers help at our day centre for older people with dementia in numerous roles, such as helping at the day centre, driving the mini-bus, and collecting meals.

Drybridge House Day Centre, Hereford

Volunteers help at our day centre for frail older people in various capacities, to help our older visitors enjoy their day.

Falls prevention

Volunteers support trainers to maintain good health and safety in deliving strength and balance exercise classes. These classes are followed by an information session and refreshments, and  to groups of about 15 older people.

Volunteers need to be mobile, physically able and with no significant sight or hearing impairments. An interest in exercise and fitness or a qualification is essential.

Footcare scheme

After both theoretical and practical training volunteers provide a nail cutting and foot checking service for older people at a number of clinics across Worcestershire.

Greenagers and gardening circles

Volunteers support people who may be having difficulties maintaining their own gardens and also at our allotment in Pershore.

Joining a Gardening Circle is a great way to help people to remain independent, get some exercise and make new friends.

Handyperson and gardening

Volunteers visit older people in their own homes in South Wychavon, and carry out various gardening and DIY jobs. The initial assessment is free, and a charge is made for materials, and any work carried out.

Improving reach

Volunteers work with this project in roles such as outreach work, helping to organise events and festivals, assisting at exercise classes, teaching English and helping with the admin of the project.

Information and advice services

Volunteers are fully trained to be able to give accurate, appropriate and relevant information in person and over the phone.

We are looking for volunteers who would like to be trained to provide support on benefits and carers issues.

We are also looking for volunteers who are computer literate and who would be willing to input data onto our database, manage the Information and Advice library, produce reports and help with filing.

IT training

Volunteers with a good working knowledge of computers give one-to-one, one-off, taster sessions for people over 50, help at our Computer Cafe, and with IT training courses for the over 50s.

Reception and relief reception cover

Volunteers provide all-day cover on the reception desk of our office in Worcester, and also step in sometimes at short notice to cover in cases of illness and holidays.