VOLUNTEER CORNER

Sue Ryder provides hospice and neurological care for people facing a frightening, life changing diagnosis.

They do whatever can to be a safety net for our patients and their loved ones at the most difficult time of their lives.

Wokingham Day Hospice provides specialist palliative care services to patients living at home.

The day hospice is led by nurses experienced in palliative care alongside other health professionals such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, lymphedema therapists and dieticians. They also run a weekly wellbeing group and a monthly dementia group.

They require volunteers to help with their groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The Day Hospice volunteers play an important role in arranging activities, refreshments and general wellbeing of patients.

To assist the staff in providing patients with a comfortable, enjoyable and stimulating day.

Volunteers tend to come in for a morning or afternoon session for one day per week, but this is flexible and if you would like to more or less, then this can be accommodated.

Wellbeing in Wokingham Action Group (WIWAG) supports the wellbeing and mental health of Wokingham Borough – showcasing ways to stay well, with events and also striving for improved mental health services for adults and young people.

They are looking for help from a volunteer with IT skills to create and build them a website. The website will need to be simple to use so the group can use it and update it themselves going forward.

Berkshire Demcare support clients with dementia by providing therapeutic activities.

They are looking for volunteers to help with activities at the Crowthorne Methodist Church where they meet and when they go out on trips.

Volunteers must be approachable, friendly and reliable. Help is needed on Mondays, Wednesdays and/or Fridays from 10am-3pm.

The Link Visiting Scheme aims at reaching people who have become socially isolated by offering friendship, support and a listening ear.

They need befrienders who will be responsible for visiting an elderly local resident on a regular basis.

This can be as frequently as you choose and will be up to you to arrange with the person you are visiting.

This scheme can be hugely rewarding and makes such a difference to the person both the volunteer and person they visit.

Please contact us at The Wokingham Volunteer Centre for more information. Call: 0118 977 0749, email volunteer@wok-vol.org.uk or visit www.volunteercentrewokingham.org.uk