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Stroke Association
- VO103224
As a community connector, you will be making links with your local community to raise awareness of stroke and stroke association. By speaking to people in your local community, you can help people understand the effects of on lives and help to improve the experience of those affected by strike.
What you may be doing:
• You may be asked to work with staff in the local area to represent the Stroke Association at events. This could be giving a presentation, hosting a stand or attending a fundraising event.
• You can share your own experience of stroke to inspire and help others.
This is the role for you if you are:
• Passionate about helping people learn more about stroke.
• Able to get out and about.
• Comfortable using technology like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
• Enjoy interacting with people.
What the role offers you personally:
• The opportunity to learn new skills.
• To meet others doing the same role to socialize and find other opportunities in the community.
• To help improve care for stroke and increase people’s knowledge about stroke.
Training for this role:
• Being a Community Connector means increasing your knowledge and awareness of stroke, it’s effects and the challenges that people face after stroke.
• You will have access to Learn, our learning management system you can take part in both e-learning and instructor led courses to support your role.
• Mandatory training includes: GDPR, basic health and safety, lone working and safeguarding.
• There are also non-mandatory training packages for you to do on other stroke related topics that you might be interested in, or that feel relevant to your role.
Experience required
• Passionate about helping people learn more about stroke.
• Able to get out and about.
• Comfortable using technology like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
• Enjoy interacting with people.
You are welcome to apply if you have had a stroke or in a caring role, as this experience is invaluable for this role.
Travel details
Must be able to travel independently.
Travel expenses will be re-imbursed.
Travel expenses
Travel expenses will be re-imbursed.
Support
Training details
Full Induction and on-going training will be provided for this role.
Restrictions
Minimum age: 18
Applicants must be aged 18 years and over
Availability
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Frequency & commitment
Days and times to be agreed
Volunteers (aged 18-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
Find out more
Please fill out this form to register your interest in the opportunity Volunteer Community Connector West Dunbartonshire with Stroke Association
Your email address and phone number will only be used by the organisation/TSI you are contacting to discuss in more detail the opportunity you are enquiring about.
Your message will be sent to the organisation that supports volunteering in West Dunbartonshire:
Contact name: Volunteering Team
Email address: volunteering@wdcvs.com
Phone: 0141 941 0886
Thank you for registering your interest in Volunteer Community Connector West Dunbartonshire with Stroke Association.
West Dunbartonshire TSI has been sent your details and message, they will respond to you at the email address you provided.
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