Are you looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Do you have a heart for helping others? Join us as a Volunteer Care Home Companion and bring joy and companionship to residents in care homes! About the Role: As a Care Home Companion, you will: Visit residents in care homes to provide companionship… Read more »
Are you looking to make a meaningful impact in your community? Do you have a heart for helping others? Join us as a Volunteer Care Home Companion and bring joy and companionship to residents in care homes! About the Role: As a Care Home Companion, you will: Visit residents in care homes to provide companionship… Read more »
Are you passionate about making a difference in someone’s life? Do you have half an hour or so to spare each week? Become a Volunteer Telephone Befriender and help combat loneliness in our community! About the Role: As a Telephone Befriender, you will: Provide companionship and support through regular phone calls. Build meaningful relationships with… Read more »
Are you passionate about making a difference in someone’s life? Do you have half an hour or so to spare each week? Become a Volunteer Telephone Befriender and help combat loneliness in our community! About the Role: As a Telephone Befriender, you will: Provide companionship and support through regular phone calls. Build meaningful relationships with… Read more »
The Community of Dumfries and Galloway – Marie Curie, health professionals, patients and families – together have identified a need to offer a service to support patients and their families at the end of life. Volunteers spending time with patients alone or with their families and friends, providing emotional support, a listening ear, short breaks… Read more »
As part of the RAF Association, our Connections Volunteers offer the vital connection and support our beneficiaries need. In this role, you will make a real difference by helping support a lonely individual via regular telephone calls.
Opportunities available at branches across the region (Annan, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Newton Stewart, Stranraer) Purpose of Position: Food Train is an award-winning charity providing services to older people who are no longer able to manage independently, through age, ill health, frailty or disability. The aim of Food Train Friends is to improve quality of life… Read more »
The Volunteer Befriender helps residents who feel isolated or unable to get out very easily on their own by giving time on a one to one basis to help a person maintain social contact, provide companionship and reduce loneliness and social isolation. Volunteer befrienders build a positive relationship with an individual and visit them on… Read more »
Meal Makers is a neighbourhood food-sharing project that connects people who enjoy cooking with an older person who lives in their local community and would really appreciate a home cooked meal and some friendly company* As a Volunteer Cook Befriender, you will prepare an extra portion of food in your own home and deliver it… Read more »