Xiaohongshu
Description
St Joseph’s Hospice is one of the oldest and largest hospices in the UK. We provide, high quality, specialist palliative care and support to people in our local community who have a life-limiting illness.
Compassionate Neighbours is a social movement, founded by St Joseph’s Hospice in 2014, to help reduce loneliness and social isolation. Compassionate Neighbours are trained volunteers offering friendship and a listening ear to people living in their community, who are at the end of life through age or illness.
So far, we have trained over 320 Compassionate Neighbours who are empowered to provide support to others in their local community.
Duties
Compassionate Neighbours help others by:
- visiting regularly
- offering friendship, emotional support and a listening ear
- helping them to do the things they like doing
- helping them stay connected to the community as well as family and friends
Who will the volunteers be working with?
You will be working with your local community member but have the opportunity to meet with other volunteers at the Hospice at regular catch up and development meetings as well as other Hospice opportunities.
Training
Our training is informal, fun and inspirational, in fact it’s unlike any other training you might have been on! We give you the opportunity to explore how you can use your compassion to help others and give you the confidence to support people in your community. Training is provided free of charge and includes refreshments and lunch.
Our training is for two full days which are held over two consecutive weekends, two consecutive weekdays or four consecutive half days. You will need to complete the two full days to become a Compassionate Neighbour.
Please note we are also able to offer women only and men only training, for more information contact the team on 020 8525 6058 / [email protected]
Our training is for two full days which are held over two consecutive weekends, two consecutive weekdays or four consecutive half days. You will need to complete the two full days to become a Compassionate Neighbour.
Please note we are also able to offer women only and men only training, for more information contact the team on 020 8525 6058 / [email protected]
Time commitment
As with all our volunteering roles, we ask for a minimum commitment of six months, and volunteers must be over 18 to take part.
However, we’re very flexible when it comes to volunteering! This role can be just a couple of hours a week, and you and your match can decide together when you would like to meet.
However, we’re very flexible when it comes to volunteering! This role can be just a couple of hours a week, and you and your match can decide together when you would like to meet.
Application deadline