Travel Hand Volunteer
Travel Hands
Travel Hands is a London-based charity that helps visually impaired people (VIP) travel safely around the city by connecting them with volunteers, known as "Travel Hands." These volunteers accompany VIPs on essential trips such as visiting the GP, going shopping, or navigating public transportation. Travel Hands provides a personalized, supportive travel service, ensuring that visually impaired individuals can move around the city independently and safely.
Travel Hands is a London-based charity that helps visually impaired people (VIP) travel safely around the city by connecting them with volunteers, known as "Travel Hands." These volunteers accompany VIPs on essential trips such as visiting the GP, going shopping, or navigating public transport. Travel Hands provides a personalized, supportive travel service, ensuring that visually impaired individuals can move around the city independently and safely with the assistance of caring and reliable volunteers. We’re looking for volunteers who: • Have good communication skills and a patient, friendly attitude. • Are comfortable with light walking and assisting others. • Are available for flexible hours, depending on the VIP’s schedule. Volunteers will receive guidance on how to assist visually impaired individuals, and in return, they’ll gain valuable experience, learn about accessibility, and contribute to making London a more inclusive city.
Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring
Organising & Planning
• Ability to empathise with the problems faced by VIPs • Good time management skills, being able to schedule walks with VIPs and arriving at the meeting point on time. • Committed & Reliable • Compassionate • Patient • Trustworthy • Good Listener, we would appreciate it if our volunteers can have interesting chats with VIPs whilst on journeys.
-Induction -Training
Minimum of 3 hours to a maximum of 5 hours per journey.
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