Welcome!

Background

Spark was born from The Loneliness Project which is a community co-design collaboration tasked with creating solutions to tackle loneliness. Sparkies are registered as volunteers of Adelaide Hills Council to enhance collaboration and increase capacity between Spark and Community Centres.

Role Purpose

Sparkies are a constellation of people who are passionate about igniting human connection. Sparkies are registered volunteers who are provided with training to better understand the importance of nurturing good social health, learn the skills of how to be genuinely inclusive, be tooled to spark connection between others, and will join us to spread the message that loneliness is a shared human experience not to be hidden behind stigma.

The Sparkies role includes:

• Host Spark initiatives – Sparkies are present at Spark programs to welcome community members, create connection and conversation and provide gentle facilitation.
• Creating a culture of connection – Sparkies will also act as community ambassadors to help shine a light on loneliness as a shared human experience with their own social community.
• Sparkies may also help behind the scenes with marketing, administration, events, data entry or evaluation tasks.

We are looking for volunteers who have the following skills:

• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Respectful, kind and inclusive to people from a wide variety of experience, cultures, backgrounds and abilities
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment

Call Karli 8408 0573 for details.