About The Role
If you love meeting new people and want to support people affected by dementia in your area, then we may have just the volunteer role for you!
As a Group Support Volunteer, you’ll support and encourage people affected by dementia to engage in activities and socialise with others in a group setting. A friendly face at the group, you’ll welcome and talk to people affected by dementia to help them feel comfortable and make sure they’re offered refreshments. You’ll also help set up and tidy away at the end of the group.
Your involvement in this role will ensure people affected by dementia are able to meet others in a similar situation, access the support and information they need and enjoy meaningful activities.
Are you someone who is confident and enthusiastic? Confident in communication with a older demographic?
Has some awareness around dementia? (Preferred but not essential!) Due to our multicultural group setting, some language skills - preferably Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Bangla or Gujarati are preferred but again, not essential.
The Memory Café can get very busy and hectic so someone who can work on their own initiative and can multi task.
You will need to be able to travel independently.
Location is: Jinnah Day Care Centre, Alfred Street, Bury, BL9 7HE.
The Memory Café runs the first Tuesday of the month from 10.30-12.30 but we require volunteers to support the set up and tidy up after the session so volunteers hours would be ideally 10-1pm.