Indulge your social side and help keep an older person connected to the community.
Do you have a car? Enjoy shopping? Looking for a way to be of service?
Come and spend time with our residents and brighten their day and yours!
GrandFriends NZ by Surrogate Grandparents New Zealand Charitable Trust is on the hunt for awesome GrandFriends who would like to support a local family and their children, as an older mentor but also as an extended family member.
Caring and calm volunteers sought to be Hospital Friends who provide comfort and support to patients and their families both in the emergency department and the ward.
Caring Caller volunteers are paired up to an individual or two who live alone and check in with them regularly to have a chat and check that everything is ok.
Aspiring Enliven are seeking friendly volunteers to assist in the facilitation of the weekly leisure and lifestyle program to promote engagement in meaningful activities at this residential home for the elderly including those affected with dementia.
Volunteers are seeked to establish a good rapport with elderly residents; they must have a keen interest in assisting with shopping, undertaking errands, going for coffee, walks, reading, crafts and developing a genuine companionship.
The Central Otago Friendship Network is seeking volunteers to befriend and assist aged or disabled people in the Alexandra and Cromwell communities.
Brighten up an elderly persons week by visiting them for an hour a week and share conversation, company, actitivies and maybe have a tea or coffee.