Volunteer Opportunities
Opportunity hosted by: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
Description:
Are you a good listener? We need you to facilitate one of our weekly telephone groups that offer blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to socialise with others. You will contribute to the group to ensure that all participants feel comfortable and that the group conversations run smoothly. This is a telephone-based role that you can do from home.
What type of activity will volunteers be doing?: Advice, Guidance and Advocacy, Community Work, Disability, Health and Wellbeing
Where is the opportunity based?: Home-based
Volunteering location accessbility: Clearly marked accessible parking spaces, Step free access clearly signposted into the building, Automatic opening doors, Lift to other floors / step free access throughout the building, Accessible toilets, Area for assistance dogs nearby
Availability required:
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What is the duration of the volunteering opportunity?: Long term
Skills and qualifications that may be needed or developed:
Empathy with partially sighted people.
Good listening skills.
Good verbal communication skills.
Work with wide range of people.
This opportunity is suitable for the following groups: BME, Carers, Disabled (learning), Disabled (physical), Employee volunteering, Ex-offenders, LGBT, Long term health condition, Refugees and asylum seekers, Unemployed
Is this opportunity suitable for under 18s?: No
Does this opportunuity have gender restrictions?: No
Are out of-pocket expenses covered for volunteers?: Yes