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Travelling_Companions_Evaluation_Report_(Executive Summary).pdf

develop the confidence to travel independently, by providing one-to-one time-limited support from a volunteer Travelling Companion who would work with them to overcome practical and emotional barriers to travel ... project coordinator to establish initial goals and undertake more detailed assessment • Volunteer matching to link a volunteer Travelling Companion with the older person, with an initial facilitated introduction

Joining Forces communications toolkit

Consultation Response to Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: Civil Society Strategy

tragedy for individuals, but it also means that there are fewer agencies available to support volunteering, to work with the statutory sector, and to develop innovative solutions to social issues. Government ... society through volunteering by ensuring that proper support is available to make it a positive experience. Public bodies must include the costs of recruiting, training and managing volunteers when they commission

RB_Dec16_No_one_Should_Have_No_one.pdf

to Age UK’s befriending web pages and 12,000 people approached Age UK to find out more about volunteering opportunities. Age UK is working hard with many other organisations to encourage us all to come ... heart and just assume this is how life is. The approach we’re advocating requires many front line volunteers and workers to enhance their knowledge and skills to be really effective. But it is possible. The

Get Going Together South Tyneside report (PDF)

group classes in a community setting. The programme also draws on wider community assets, using volunteers to provide support to older people and the delivery of GGT activities. As well as improving the ... with less intensive support needs. These activities may be delivered by non-specialist staff or volunteers and referrals are received through a broader range of routes including libraries, community groups

Digital Champion Programme stories.pdf

September 2023 Introduction Through the Programme we are recruiting and training Digital Champion volunteers to provide support for older people to improve their digital skills, as well as loaning technology ... By the end of the Digital Champion Programme in 2026, we will have: • Recruited and trained 480 volunteer Digital Champions • Delivered awareness raising activities to 96,000 older people to inspire and

Fit as a Fiddle North East evaluation report (PDF)

2.3. Project context 2.4. Project management and leadership 3. Involvement of Older People and Volunteers 4. Outcomes and Performance 4.1 SNAP Data Analysis 5. Successes and Lessons Learnt 5.1 Learning ... Physical Activity 6.3 Mental Wellbeing 6.4 Partnerships and sustainability 6.5 Impacts on Volunteering 6.6 Impacts on Equality and Diversity 7. Health Literacy 8. Economic Value of the Project

Fit as a Fiddle eastern evaluation report (PDF)

3. Project context 2.4. Project management and leadership 2.5. Involvement of older people and volunteers 2.6. Outcomes 2.7. Successes and lessons learnt 3. Key Findings: Impacts on Older People 4. Key ... Key Findings: Impacts on Partnerships and Sustainability 5. Key Findings: Impacts on Volunteering 6. Key Findings: Impacts on Equality and Diversity 7. Key Findings: Health Literacy 8. Key Findings:

Get Going Together Coventry report (PDF)

group classes in a community setting. The programme also draws on wider community assets, using volunteers to provide support to older people and the delivery of GGT activities. As well as improving the ... with less intensive support needs. These activities may be delivered by non-specialist staff or volunteers and referrals are received through a broader range of routes including libraries, community groups

Age UK Digital Champion Programme Interim Evaluation - Cohort 1.pdf

....................................................................................... 7 2.2. Volunteer Digital Champion recruitment .................................................................. ... .................. 11 2.4. Volunteer Digital Champion training and onboarding ........................................................ 14 2.5. Ongoing support for volunteer Digital Champions .........