Volunteer

Volunteering is a great way to meet new people, learn new skills, and support the work we do in the community.

Almost anyone can be a volunteer. We have a wide range of roles which suit different people and different skills.

It depends on the volunteer role you are interested in. Some people give an hour a week, other people do more.

Telephone befriending volunteer

Age UK West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Telephone Befriending service provides support to people to help reduce isolation and improve their wellbeing.

In this volunteering role, you will be helping to improve the wellbeing of older people who have been isolated through Covid, bereavement or poor health and will enable them to feel safe, knowing that someone is checking in on them. This role is about having a conversation and being a listening ear. 

The service covers the whole of West Sussex Brighton and Hove. 

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Daybreak club volunteer

You will assist the Club Coordinator and Support Worker in the smooth running of the service.

This can involve but is not limited to, preparing refreshments for customers, supporting staff in the delivery of activities provided and supporting customers to have meaningful engagement.

You will assist in supporting people living with dementia and their carers. Training will be provided to help you within this role, however a having a caring, compassionate and patient disposition is essential.

Volunteers currently requied in Littlehampton, Horsham, Storrington, Haywards Heath, Crawley and Bognor Regis.

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Gardening volunteer

Required for gardening duties at the Laburnham Centre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex and at the Burgess Hill Centre, West Sussex.

Kitchen assistant volunteer

To assist the Senior Chef and Assistant Chef in the smooth operation of the Kitchen at the Laburnham Centre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex.

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Coffee morning assistant volunteer

The role involves welcoming members of the coffee morning and ensuring that they are safe and comfortable during their visit.

Liaising with the café staff to ensure the group are comfortable i.e. helping to carry drinks, ensuring tables are wiped and clean, getting umbrellas/parasols put up if needed or extra chairs etc.

Based across Brighton & Hove City Centre.

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Community neighbour volunteer

This role involves working as part of our Brighton Activities Team to assist older people in the city to reengage with the local community post pandemic. The role is designed to reconnect older people with their local neighbourhood, regain confidence and social connections.

The main goal of this service is to reduce social isolation and improve physical and emotional wellbeing.

This role is only in Brighton & Hove.

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First point of contact community navigator (FPOC)

Age UK West Sussex, Brighton and Hove FPOC service provides support to people to enable them to access the information they require to be able to move their issue forward.

The service covers the whole of West Sussex, Brighton and Hove.

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Administrator

Age UK West Sussex, Brighton and Hove have a variety of services that require administration support - our First Point of Contact (FPOC) Team, Information and Advice (I&A) team, the multi-disciplinary Prevention and Assessment Team (PAT) and our Befriending service.

All these teams need support with a variety of administration, this includes customer satisfaction surveys, collating data and supporting the coordinators with producing reports, inputting data on our bespoke database (Charitylog) printing and scanning, sending out information to clients and many other adhock tasks.

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Attendance Allowance form filler

Helping older people to claim Attendance Allowance is one of the most important functions of an Age UK Information & Advice service. Attendance Allowance is a benefit that can be claimed by older people with health problems who require support and care at home to be able to remain living independently. The form is quite lengthy and to fill it in well you need a thorough understanding of how the benefit works. Because of this older people are either often put off claiming or do not receive the benefit even though their health problems would suggest they should be entitled to it.  

In this volunteering role, you will be helping the I&A service support older people to claim Attendance Allowance, which will help them to live independently.

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Community support volunteer

The role involves providing short term practical support to vulnerable adults including those recently discharged from hospital.

This role is based across West Sussex.

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Doorstep support and deliveries volunteer

Support our clients by offering a friendly face and checking they are okay on a regular basis while delivering food, essential supplies and other items to their doorstep.

Locations - Bognor Regis, Southwick, Shoreham, Fishersgate and Burgess Hill

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Community research volunteer

Age UK WSBH conduct research with older people on a variety of topics for internal use and on behalf of external organisations. in this role volunteers conduct research interviews with older people either over the phone or face to face. 

The service covers the whole of West Sussex, Brighton and Hove.

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Volunteer hall assistant

The main role will be to assist in the café - taking orders for food, serving drinks and keeping the area clean and tidy at all times.

Other duties include setting up the café area, taking payments and clearing up at the end of the day.

Location - Fishersgate

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Centre group leader 

As a centre group leader, you will run one of our fabulous groups within the Crawley Centre. This could be anything from arts and crafts, flower arranging, a knitting/sewing group, IT group or something else. It will purely depend on what your interests are.

Location - Crawley centre

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Community group leader

As a community group leader, you will run one of our fabulous Community Groups. This could be anything from arts and craft in a church hall, to a club in a pub, a theatre/cinema group, exercise/walking group or something else. It will purely depend on what your interests are.

Location - Crawley

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Centre receptionist

As a receptionist, you will often be the first person someone will speak to when they arrive at the centre. This will include staff, volunteers and the general public.

Location - Crawley centre

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Activity assistant

As an activity assistant, you will be supporting our staff to run the activities planned for the day in our busy hall.

Location - Crawley centre

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Walking football co-ordinator

Support our clients by being co-ordinator for walking football, you may also be a participant in the programme.

Locations - Bognor Regis, Southwick, Shoreham, Fishersgate and Burgess Hill

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Painting and decorating

Painting and decorating of communal and activity areas at our Haywards Heath centre.

Location - Lamb House, Haywards Heath

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Social connections volunteer

This role involves befriending people in the local area and helping them to reengage with the local community post pandemic. The role is designed to reconnect people with their local neighbourhood and to regain confidence and social connections. This could involve visiting people at home for a social/well being visit, accompanied walks to help with confidence or local visits out.

The main goal of this service is to reduce social isolation and improve physical and emotional wellbeing.

Location - East Preston, Rustington and Littlehampton.

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