Train as a phone coach for charity
Leading charity Breast Cancer Now is calling for new volunteers to train as lifestyle telephone coaches for a major breast cancer risk reduction trial.
The new volunteering opportunity is part of a £ 1 million scheme to help women in Scotland reduce their risk of breast cancer.
Funded by the Scottish Government and led by the University of Dundee, Breast Cancer Now will train volunteers to work as telephone coaches to support the ActWELL research trial.
Applicants wi l l b e expected to take on up to eight participants during the trial – with each person receiving around eight calls over a period of eight to ten months. Volunteers will also be required to keep records and return paperwork to the ActWELL trial team
The trial, which focuses on women aged over 50, seeks to help women lower their risk of developing breast cancer by supporting them to make sustainable healthy lifestyle changes.
ActWELL is being delivered across four Scottish cities – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen – however telephone coaches can be based anywhere in Scotland.
Lawrence Cowan, Scotland manager at Breast Cancer Now, said: “This is a new and exciting opportunity to be a part of a really important public health trial to try to help women to lower their risk of breast cancer.
“Recruiting telephone lifestyle coaches will be integral to the continued success of delivering the ActWELL trial – a project that could have a significant impact on reducing breast cancer risk in Scotland.
“We’ re looking for volunteers with experience in counselling or coaching, an interest in health and lifestyle and a passion to make a difference to women’s lives.
“Right now, more women are being diagnosed with breast cancer than ever before. We need to find ways to encourage and support more women to reduce their personal risk of the disease.
“This trial is a chance for people across Scotland to help make this ambition a reality.”
Applications will close on July 20 and more information can be found at breastcancernow.org