► Elderly

The Order of St John Care Trust 

http://www.osjct.co.uk

Care Home Volunteer Tasks:

• Befriend individual residents
• Provide quality one to one time to residents
• Assist with group activities and events
• Enable participation in community life

Location:

• 5 Homes in Lincoln
• 16 in total in Lincolnshire

Support and supervision:
Full support given, volunteers work very closely with the activity co-ordinators in the homes.

Personal qualities and requirements:
Time and patience are valuable assets for our volunteers.

CRB required: Yes

Availability

Anytime

Skills to be gained or developed:

Communication skills - verbal, Initiative and Adaptability and Flexibility 

Independent Age

http://www.independentage.org.uk

Independent Age helps older people on low incomes to live with dignity and peace of mind in their later years.

Assessing Volunteers – a role that requires the volunteer to be able to ask quite personal questions of an older person as we need to assess their financial and care needs, but it would provide good experience for someone considering a career in social care where this kind of evaluation is common.

Skills to be gained or developed:

Communication skills - written & verbal, Planning & Organisation, Numeracy and Initiative 

 
 

Age UK

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved

Age UK has a vision of a world in which older people flourish.

We aim to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research.

You can help in your community with things such as:

• Befriender - either in their own home or care home
• Silver Surfer - I.T. Coach
• Coffee Shop
• Telephone Befriender

EnergyRight advisor

Title of role:
1. Marketing and Promotions
2. Energy Assessor

Tasks:
1. Marketing and Promotions
To help run marketing events at various locations (e.g. libraries, supermarkets). These aim to identify prospective elderly clients for energy advice and additional help for grant applications.
2. Energy Assessor
To visit older people in their homes to find out basic information about their energy usage and schemes in place e.g. loft insulation. The information is then referred back to e-on where further help can be given.

Availability

Ideally an EnergyRight volunteer needs to be able to provide 2-4 hours per week, though not necessarily every week. 

Skills to be gained or developed:

Communication Skills – written and verbal, Initiative, Adaptability and Flexibility, Computer Literacy and Time Management

WRVS 

Emergency Services Support

By joining one of our emergency response teams, you can help to support victims of emergencies and disasters.

Researcher Tasks:

To engage local older people in discussions about what they need to remain in control of their lives by:

• Planning interview questions for good evaluation with a representative from WRVS and a University Tutor
• Deciding the size of the sample, who and where to interview people
• Interviews
• Analysing the results of the interviews with other volunteer researchers
• Presenting the findings and recommendations to WRVS Representatives, University Tutor and University Volunteer Co-ordinator

Availability

This is a three month project which will involve interviewing 10 people and feeding the information into a central meeting. 3 hours each week for 12 weeks.

Skills to be gained or developed:

Communication Skills – written and verbal, Initiative, Adaptability and Flexibility, Time Management, Planning & Organisation