Who is Goodsted?
Goodsted's vision is to empower collaboration for social and environmental progress. We are a platform that connects individuals who want to share/volunteer their skills & expertise with non-profits and impact organisations. Through our digital platform, projects and organisations can post skilled based volunteer needs and find the right person to support their project. It is an open community platform with the aim to nurture collaboration to progress causes we all care about. With this post, we're looking to reach out to individuals interested in volunteering and grow our volunteer community.
Which organisation will you be supporting?
Age Well East is a charity empowering people in later years since 1950 and provide excellent support services which are free and easily available. They advise and provide practical information; connect communities to tackle loneliness; support people through emotional challenges and empower people to live well with dementia.
What do they want to achieve?
To provide companionship to those who are lonely and isolated and brighten their day!
What do they need help with?
They require help to reduce loneliness and social isolation across Essex, England. Unfortunately, they have 237 clients on their waiting list for a volunteer befriender. These people can go a week without speaking to anyone. The volunteering opportunities available are telephone befriending, face to face visits and community companions.
What do they have in place?
They provide volunteer befrienders to lonely and isolated people across Essex and currently supporting 239 clients.
Time Commitment
This role requires a time commitment of 30 minutes
Click on the link here to volunteer: https://app.goodsted.com/opportunity/u2jphxul4rkfdg31vlec38ocj
Please note: You will need to apply directly through the link provided above and not through the Apply button on this job description.