Connections For Life Volunteer (Angus)

Royal Air Forces Association
VO98786

Loneliness affects tens of thousands of people across the RAF community. Whether it’s a veteran struggling to adapt to life after service, or a family member facing difficulties alone, loneliness can be devastating to people’s mental and physical health.

The Connections For Life service offers friendship telephone calls to anyone in the RAF community who needs it, and matches caring, friendly volunteers, with those beneficiaries who are experiencing isolation. The RAF community is made up of both veterans and serving personnel, and their respective spouses, partners, widows or widowers. As a volunteer, you can offer a listening ear, help someone regain their confidence, share discussions around their interests and help them reconnect with the wider world.

The Connections Volunteer role would involve contacting a beneficiary over the phone on a regular basis. A friendly, 30-minute chat that a volunteer can offer will make all the difference, providing a vital link for someone who is lonely and isolated.

What will volunteers be doing?

Providing regular social interaction and support to members of the RAF community via telephone contact

Checking on a beneficiary’s welfare and alerting them to available support if needed

Relaying any concerns to their Connections Coordinator

Regularly submitting an activity log summarising their interactions so we can make sure everyone is receiving the help they need

Experience required

• Patience and Empathy
• Friendly nature/rapport
• Good listener
• Ability to maintain boundaries
• Reliability
• A RAF or forces background is not essential, and we welcome applications from all areas of the community.

Travel details

Home based

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Training details

Our Training course is online and once completed can enhance your communication and listening skills. Our training course is also accredited, and you will receive a certificate of achievement.

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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