Befriending
Become a Volunteer Befriender to a Young Person Living with a Long-Term Illness!
As a Befriender, you will play a key role in boosting a young person’s confidence, being an extra person in their support circle and providing a distraction from their illness to enable them to feel a sense of normality.
We like to tailor programmes to the young person’s individual needs and will ensure that we match you in a programme with someone you may have common ground with. Sessions can involve activities such as crafting, gaming, music, or just general chat.
As a volunteer befriender, you will:
- Be understanding and patient with the young person’s illness/
- Be able to talk to them about their interests and hobbies
- Be able to do activities with them if you are providing in-person support
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Be reliable and trustworthy
We are looking for volunteers who have:
- A desire to support vulnerable young people
- Empathy and understanding for young people with chronic illness
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Reliability and trustworthiness
- A friendly and approachable manner
Locations:
We are seeking to recruit befrienders to provide support either online or in person.
Time commitment:
We ask that each volunteer befriender commits to offering a minimum of 14 sessions, each lasting up to 1 hour. These will be run weekly.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer befriender, please contact us today. We would love to hear from you!
