Croydon Befriending Project Volunteer Befriender, CR9 3JS
- Recruiting
We match Young People with Disabilities in Croydon to Volunteer Befrienders
When we need you:
- Weekdays and Weekends
After training and induction is completed, a match would be made between the befriender and the young person, and they would then arrange to meet on a regular basis thereafter.
Address
Croydon, Croydon, CR9 3JS
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More info
We want you to give an afternoon every one or two weeks to spend time building a friendship with a young person with a disability in Croydon. This would involve
• Weekly or fortnightly contacts (for 3 or more hours) with children and young people
• Accompanying the young person to undertake activities, e.g. Cinema trips, cycle rides, ten pin bowling and anything you are both up for!
• Providing emotional and practical support where appropriate
• Assisting the young person to participate in mainstream activities and helping them work towards making decisions about their future.
• Completing forms for each visit We need people who are
• Enthusiastic
• Friendly
• Dedicated
• Willing
• Eighteen years of age or older
Benefits of volunteering in this role include:
• Meeting a new person and building a friendship with them.
• Specialised training and ongoing support from the organisation.
• Opportunity to share fun experiences with a young person, with costs met by the project.
• Opportunity to learn about Disability and giving support which can help towards careers in care and social work.
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