Older people and later life

Volunteer School Readers – John, RSVP West

Recently, Jon shared his volunteering experience and why he loves being a volunteer school reader. Jon tells us all about the positive impact on the children and why he recommends volunteer school reading to others.

PROJECT

Lifelines

Lifelines project in Brighton brings together people aged 50+ both as volunteers running activities and as participants in the wide range of volunteer-run activities.

OPPORTUNITY

Grandmentors Volunteer (Lewisham)

Grandmentors is an innovative project that sees older volunteers use their lifetime of skills and experience to support young people leaving the care system.

PROJECT

Handyperson Project (Stirlingshire & Clackmannanshire)

Our handyperson service runs in Stirling and Clackmannanshire and involves older volunteers who complete small and minor maintenance jobs that some older people cannot do by themselves.

PROJECT

Getting Together Matters

From creative writing to seated exercise and weekly quizzes, Getting Together Matters brings older people from across the UK together online, by phone and by post to have fun and take part in a range of free events and activities.

Meet Elaine and Bentley from Lifelines

Meet Lifelines volunteer, Elaine, and her assistance dog, Bentley. Elaine recently took on a rigorous swimming challenge to raise funds for the charity that train and provide assistance dogs.

Grandmentors Surrey, Volunteer Mentor’s story

Tricia Rogan is a volunteer Mentor with our Grandmentors project in Surrey. Here she describes how volunteer mentoring is about taking time to build trust and and why she ‘can’t recommend volunteer mentoring enough.’

Diamond Day Thank You

We closed our 60th anniversary year activities by bringing volunteers together for Diamond Day to thank them for all their work across UK communities.

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