Hands and Gillingham Volunteer Centre provides access to volunteering opportunities within the local community.
More information about the centre is available via the Hands and Gillingham Volunteer Centre website.
The Stroke Association provides a range of volunteering opportunities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
For more information or to search for opportunities visit the Stroke Association website.
Alzheimer’s Society provides a range of volunteering opportunities locally in the South East and across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
More information is available on the Alzheimer’s Society website.
The People Care Team are a private home-care provider in Medway who support adults, older people and those living with dementia.
The Registered Manager and Director of Care for The People Care Team, Zandie Le Fleming Hodgson says the following:
“I have a passion in delivering excellent care and would like any would-be carers to visit us and experience what good care means. We are an individual company, small and family-run, but big enough to deliver excellence in the comfort of your own home. We treat all of our clients as unique individuals and offer individual solutions to our clients. With my unique extensive nursing experience in the NHS, volunteers will have the opportunity to discover what good care is all about.”
Volunteering opportunities with The People Care Team include; participating in team meetings, participating in the referral and client process, experiencing the journey of care from inception of the care package through to the deliver and review of the care package.
The People Care Team are looking for volunteers with a mature approach and a genuine interest in making a difference to others.
Age UK Medway are a registered charitable organisation catering for people over 50 years of age. We recruit and train volunteers and student placements to entertain older people through structured daily activities at one of our 3 Day Centres in Medway.
Volunteers may be able to undertake the following opportunities with us; volunteering in Day Centres, Befriending, Home from Hospital Volunteers, Driving, Escort, Shop Assistant, Administration, Information & Advice and/or volunteering in Dementia Day Centre.
The criteria we look for are for volunteers to be able to show empathy, kindness, commitment and a listening ear.