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Family Support Volunteer

Volunteering Matters
VO97406

Can you spare 1/2 hours per week to support families within Edinburgh?

Volunteering Matters are a national volunteering charity. We are looking for "Family Support" Volunteers in the City of Edinburgh, who can offer practical, social and emotional support to a local family in need.

Our Family Supporters programme recruits, trains and supports volunteers, matching them 1:1 with parents and families facing a range of life challenges and barriers. Volunteers help families, spending 1:1 time together on a personalised set of goals chosen by the family, for the family.

These goals may including achieving improved living standards, building confidence and soft skills, budgeting, healthier eating, better school life, improving health and wellbeing or introducing parents to community resources, and lots more.

If you have an understanding of the challenges that families are facing and would like to use your life experiences and skills to support others, this could be the role for you!

As a volunteer, you will build a strong relationship based on trust and mutual respect, acting as a friendly face who listens and cares about the family.

Experience required

Volunteers should have a desire to improve the lives of families. Volunteering Matters is looking for a reliable, confident, enthusiastic, organised and non-judgemental volunteers.

Travel details

The opportunity will take place in Edinburgh all travel expenses will be reimbursed. Training can be delivered 1-1 at a location near to the Volunteer.

Travel expenses

All travel and general expenses

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Training details

Induction and ongoing training

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Information Session, to find out more details, is avaliable

Restrictions

Minimum age: 18

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Volunteers (aged 18-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
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