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  1. North Shields

    The role of the lunch club volunteer is to support this valuable service, which aims to help improve the quality of life older people who are socially isolated and may only get out to this activity. This takes place on a Friday between the hours of 11-2pm.

    Every Friday 11.30am -2.30pm
  2. Swindon

    Volunteer Befrienders provide support and friendship to older people who may be feeling lonely or isolated.

    Weekly
  3. Stockport

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the Retirement Living scheme maintain or devleop their garden space.

    Monday-Friday
  4. Harrogate

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or devleop their garden space.

    Monday-Friday
  5. Barnsley

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or devleop their garden space.

    Monday-Friday
  6. Middlesbrough

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the Care home to maintain or devleop their garden space.

    Flexible Monday-Friday
  7. Hope Valley

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the Care home to maintain or devleop their garden space.

    Flexible Monday-Sunday
  8. Leeds

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the Retirement Living scheme maintain or devleop their garden space.

    Monday-Friday
  9. Hull

    Your role as a Volunteer Gardener will be to help the care home maintain or devleop their garden space.

    Monday-Friday
  10. Shefford

    Gardening volunteers help in the maintenance and upkeep of communal gardens for the residents.

    Flexible
  11. Swindon

    As a General Care Home Volunteer you will provide valuable support to the care home team by offering a flexible approach and completing or assisting with tasks as required.

    Monday-Sunday: 10am-4pm. 2-4 hours a week This role is suitable only for those aged 18 and over.
  12. Ilkley

    Care homes are busy environments with a variety of activity happening every day. We are looking for volunteers who can support homes in a flexible way picking up tasks as directed. This could include assisting with an activity, setting up rooms, basic administration, delivering laundry and any other tasks as required.

    Flexible
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Make a difference with just a phone call

Brighten someone’s day and make a meaningful connection be becoming a volunteer telephone befriender. By offering regular, friendly chats, you’ll provide much-needed companionship and emotional support to an older person feeling lonely or isolated. Flexible and rewarding, this role allows you to fit calls around your schedule while helping to reduce loneliness and improve wellbeing.

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