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The Dementia Services supports people to live independently and safely at home for as long as possible, stay socially engaged and carry on doing what they love. The service supports Camden residents over the age of 55 in the early or moderate stages of dementia.
We offer clients from the Dementia Services (befriending and wellbeing) a short performance or creative activity delivered by a volunteer visual artist, musician, dancer, actor, performer, and other creative artforms. You may choose to share a creative hobby or an art form you practice professionally.
What does the role involve?
·Share your creative talent or hobby with older people living with dementia by delivering a short performance to an older person at home or providing an opportunity for them to participate in a creative activity.
·Visit a minimum of 4 times per year for up to 1.5 hours each time, including 20/30 minutes for the performance/activity.
·Provide opportunities for connection with older people during your visit through conversation and engagement.
- Liaise with service coordinators to link with clients who have asked to receive these visits/calls.
- Provide feedback after every performance, including positive impact, improvements to the delivery of visits or concerns regarding the client.
What will you get out of it?
·An opportunity to create meaningful experiences for all
·Be part of something rewarding and fulfilling
·Training in dementia awareness, safeguarding and more
·Supervision and support
·Reimbursement of expenses
·Opportunities to meet other volunteers
What are the benefits for people living with dementia?
Many of the clients we support in this service are housebound or do not have the confidence or opportunity to attend events. Some clients may be artists, performers and creatives in their own right who do not get an opportunity to engage with or experience this aspect of their lives anymore.
Giving people who are living with memory loss an opportunity to be part of creative activities is a stimulating, fun way of putting them in touch with memories, other people and the wider community.
Bringing your artform into peoples’ homes can have a huge impact on reducing isolation, encouraging connection and bring a sprinkle of joy to those living with dementia.
We are looking for people who have:
- An interest in sharing or performing their creative, artistic skill whether you are a hobbyist or a professional:
- Singing
·Playing a musical instrument
·Visual art activity
·Poetry/acting
·Dancing
·Culture-specific art/music/dance/poetry
These are just a handful of examples, but we will consider applications from a variety of artists/musicians/ performers and are open to suggestions.
What other attributes do you need?
- Good verbal and written skills in English
- Enjoy conversation.
- A desire to learn more about an individual and their interests and their past, and life history
- Consistency and reliability
- An ability to empathise and understand the needs and experiences of an individual with dementia and memory loss.
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Patience and sensitivity
- Confidence to deal with emergencies
- Requirement to undertake induction training and follow guidelines and policies of Age UK Camden
Volunteering Hours
Performances/activities:Usually approx. 20 -30 minutes but 1-1.5hrs are assigned to the visit
Minimum of 4 - 6 visits a year (you can opt to do more).
Visits will be a time agreed between you and the older person you are matched with.
Please note, early morning and late evenings are generally not suitable times for visits.
Training and induction are provided for the role and includes:
- Online Dementia Awareness course
- Age UK Camden organisational induction
- Induction to Dementia Befriending and Dementia Wellbeing Services and relationships, how to deliver a performer visit
- Safeguarding Adults online course
- Data Awareness online course
We will give you:
- Ongoing support including regular supervision by the coordinator of the service.
- Reimbursement of agreed expenses
- Access to Volunteer Forum events
If you are interested, we will ask you to:
- Complete an application form
- Meet with Dementia Services staff member
- Provide details of two Referees
- Complete an Enhanced DBS check (we arrange this with you)
- Induction and training (as laid out above)
We understand that completing the various steps takes time, and we support and keep in touch with you through the process.
As this role brings our volunteers into regular contact with vulnerable older people, we make sure that all volunteers understand their role and have completed our recruitment procedures to both our and their satisfaction.
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Age UK Bucks ‘Age Better Bucks’ volunteers will support local older people to achieve personal goals – by helping them navigate and take advantage of a Support Plan devised by as community worker, that is designed to help them meet the challenges of older age.
This could be by phoning them to provide encouragement, explanation and support, and to check on progress, and also to help them with attendance at appointments and going to new groups or activities.
What do Age Better Bucks Volunteers do?
- Work with the Community Support Connector from Age UK Bucks to accept a client and understand their goals and support plan – and which services they have been referred to for support
- Contact the client to introduce yourself, and explain what you can help them with and if that’s OK with them
- Agree how your support is best provided – e.g. weekly calls for progress and encouragement, or help with something specific on their plan. That could be a home visit (if appropriate) to help them make a call or prepare for an appointment; attend a group or activity with them; or help them take a bus etc.
- Report back to the Community Support Connector if there are any issues or concerns and agree when your support can stop
- Ideally, you’d support a few clients each week or month, depending on how much time you have
The role is to support and help the client to access the referrals and support put in place for them – and not to support them with care or specific needs yourself. Referrals might be to local care services, to local groups or clubs, or to an occupational therapist for home adaptations, other voluntary organisations and support groups etc.
Our Age Better Bucks Service
Age Better Bucks supports over 65s who could benefit from extra support to manage their well being and remain independent. It is for older people experiencing challenges or need extra support to stay independent and well – for example increasing loneliness/isolation; bereavement; health/mobility decline; mood change.
Our team of support workers will assess their needs and circumstances specific to them, and develop an action plan with them to ensure more support and help can be arranged. We check in with the client after 6 weeks to see how they are getting on, and after 6 months to see how they are and check if anything has changed, got worse or improved.
The service is designed to give people the tools, contacts and support to make positive changes and especially to tackle the impact of loneliness and isolation.
An action plan, or support plan, will be devised with all clients, identifying their main goals based on their individual needs and challenges, and referring them, with their consent only, to other services and support we agree can help. At this stage we’ll assess if a volunteer like you can help then take full advantage of this support.
What you will get out of it
- Join an enthusiastic team of people who want to make a difference
- It's a great way to support older people making a real difference to their lives
- You'll be giving something back to your community
- You get to be part of Age UK Buckinghamshire's volunteer team
- We will reimburse reasonable, approved out of pocket expenses
- Volunteers tell us they find Volunteering really rewarding and get lots out of it themselves
- You will be fully supported by our Team and wider Age UK Buckinghamshire support.
What is expected of me?
We tell you about each client and ask if you’d like to take it up. You would then arrange and complete the call or visit when convenient. The work you do is conducted in line with guidance we provide and you must comply with necessary procedures including Data Protection/Confidentiality and Personal Safety.
After the visit/contact you will complete and submit a contact form. Volunteers complete relevant training, provide references and complete a DBS check.
Key skills and requirements
- Good listener, clear communicator and able to maintain confidentiality. A good conversationalist!
- Ability to lead the conversation, provide feedback to the team and summarise the conversation.
- Non-judgmental. Able to respect others’ differences and choices
- Patient, flexible and reliable
- Able to work independently with guidance and support
- Ability to travel around the area to visit people
- A regular commitment to give 1-2 hours a week would be appreciated but the role is flexible, you can work from home, do visits, only make calls, whatever works for you.
- An interest in helping older people live the lives they want
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Befriending Volunteer
Would you like to offer companionship to someone who feels lonely, help them rebuild confidence, reconnect with their community, or simply brighten their week with a friendly chat?
What do Befriending Volunteers do?
Our volunteers support older people (50+) who may be feeling lonely, isolated, or cut off from their usual activities. Volunteers help clients rebuild confidence, reconnect socially, and enjoy meaningful conversation.
Support can take different forms depending on the client’s needs:
Short-term Face-to-Face Support (up to 6 months)
- Visiting someone regularly to help them work towards personal goals
- Encouraging confidence to get out and about again
- Supporting them to re-engage with interests, community groups, or social activities
Long-term Befriending (for those most isolated)
- Providing stable, ongoing social support
- Regular facetoface or telephone companionship
- Building a consistent and trusting relationship
National Telephone Befriending
- Offering friendly conversation over the phone
- Providing regular social contact for people unable to meet in person
This is a rewarding and varied volunteer role where every person you meet will be different — and you’ll have the chance to make a meaningful difference to their wellbeing.
What you will get out of it
- A chance to support older people and make a real positive impact
- A meaningful role where relationships grow and confidence returns
- Opportunities to meet new people and experience new things
- Being part of Age UK Buckinghamshire’s volunteer team
- Full training, ongoing support, and guidance from your Outreach Support Worker
Our volunteers tell us they find befriending incredibly fulfilling and often get as much from the relationship as the client does
What is expected of me?
- We will talk you through each potential match before you decide to take it on
- Most volunteers commit around 1–2 hours a week
- Shortterm matches typically last up to 6 months; longterm befriending is ongoing
- Time may be spent visiting someone at home, accompanying them to a local activity, or chatting with them by phone
- Volunteers complete a short online training program and provide references
- A DBS check will be required (provided at no cost)
Who can volunteer?
If you are warm, friendly, patient, and enjoy chatting with people, this could be the role for you. You do not need any formal qualifications, just a desire to support someone who is feeling vulnerable or alone.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.