Organisation : Australian Red Cross
Location : Australian Capital Territory (Throughout the ACT and SE NSW-we will endeavour to match you with a client in a convenient location)
Time required : 1-2 hours per week or fortnight
Duration of project : medium or long term
Sector : Aged Care & Seniors, Community Support Services, Disabilities, Mental Health
About the role
Volunteers visit with residents in aged-care facilities who have been identified as being lonely or socially isolated with limited interaction or no contact at all with anyone in the outside community by helping to build and strengthen links with the local community.
Volunteers enrich the residents' quality of life by providing companionship, personal contact and interaction, social support, conversation and friendship.
Volunteers are matched on a one-to-one basis with the residents and visit with them for one to two hours on a weekly to fortnightly basis. .
Depending on mutual interests, the resident and volunteer may listen to music together, chat and reminisce, or the volunteer may assist the resident to take part in activities at the facility where appropriate. They may also enjoy social outings together, visit places of common interest, go out for coffee together, etc.
About the organisation
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this volunteering opportunity.
Please quote in application: Community Visitors Scheme via Pro Bono Australia.
