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Please apply directly via our website: https://www.reengage.org.uk/volunteer/new-volunteers/become-a-rainbow-call-companion-volunteer/ Become a Rainbow call companion As a rainbow call companion, you will be a member of the LGBT+ community who wants to support lonely older LGBT+ people. Your regular calls will provide a lifeline of friendship to our older people. The regular warm, friendly chats and companionship are a vital link with the outside world from which they have become isolated. Over time, you and the older person you have been matched with will get to know each other well and together you will share fun, laughter, and stories. To become a Rainbow call companion, you’ll need to: • Attend a 30-minute online volunteer group induction • Submit an ID check • Provide a reference • Complete online volunteer training modules Tasks include: • Calling the older person, you have been matched with two to four times a month at an agreed time. • Following the guidance in your call companion training modules to ensure that your calls are enjoyable, appropriate, and in line with our charitable aims. • Keeping in regular contact with your call companion coordinator and letting them know how everything is going. • Completing monthly online reports about your call companion calls. Please apply directly via our website: https://www.reengage.org.uk/volunteer/new-volunteers/become-a-rainbow-call-companion-volunteer/
We’re looking for rainbow call companions who have: A friendly nature Good listening skills Good conversation skills Patience and understanding A passion for improving the lives of lonely and isolated older people Basic computer skills (our inductions, checks and training are all online and our charity is paperless) Remember – As a rainbow call companion you’ll be someone who identifies as LGBT+.
This is a fun, flexible and rewarding role which will enable you to connect with, and make a real and lasting difference to, the life of an older person who is experiencing social isolation or loneliness. As a valued Re-engage volunteer you’ll receive training, support and regular updates and communication from the Re-engage team.
