Fish & Chip Friday volunteer
Ham and Petersham SOS
Help run our monthly fish and chip lunch session with food from a local fish and chip shop, refreshments and great company provided at Ham Library. This is a monthly lunch club run at Ham Library for older and or disabled people. This is held on the 4th FRIDAY of the month.
We are looking for a volunteer to help host the lunch club at the location. The volunteer is asked to arrive 30 minutes before the start of the lunch club (usually 11:30am) to ensure that the venue is set up with tables, chairs, cups, saucers, plates & cutlery. Volunteers are asked to prep the tea & coffee provisions and ensure that the soup is heated and rolls and butter set out before clients arrive. Biscuits will be provided. Volunteers are asked to welcome clients to the lunch club offer them a seat and refreshments. Clients are asked to sign an attendance sheet for data collection (and if necessary for the track and trace system.) Some clients may need encouragement to talk to others, and some may need encouragement to meet their designated volunteer driver after the session. Volunteers will also be required to tidy the venue after the lunch club has ended. This will also include washing up the crockery and cutlery. This is a monthly activity and volunteers MAY be asked to collect the fish and chips from the shop on Ham Parade.
Caring,Catering,Community Work,Events & Stewarding
Cleaning & Tidying, Language Skills, Managing People, People Skills
We are looking for people of all ages with a heart for older and or disabled people. You will need to be reliable, friendly and approachable and have empathy, compassion and patience. You will need good listening skills and be able to engage in conversation, be happy to chat and get to know someone and possibly share their interests. You will need to be able to offer 3 hours on a rota basis.
So many people don't have family who live close to them. We connect people who want to help, with people who need help. It's a win, win. Those who volunteer feel more engaged with the people within their own local communities. And those people who ask us for help are able to get to appointments, see their friends and get out and about.
We run a rota system of volunteers so once a month or once every 2 months for 3 hours, flexible to work around your prior committments
TW10 7HR
Ham Library, Back lane, Ham. Richmond.
371 bus from Kingston or Richmond, bus stop name is Ham Library
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