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Re-engage is a charity that is positive about older age and committed to fighting loneliness so that people can have social lives and friendship groups however old they are. We inspire and enable ...
Re-engage Tea Party Driver
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Summary
Help to combat loneliness in older people by driving them to and from tea parties in a host's home and joining them for tea.Detailed description
Tea parties provide a lifeline of friendship for our older people, and the regular, warm, friendly chats and companionship provide a vital link with the outside world from which they have become isolated. Drivers take older people to the parties and stay with them to enjoy the get-together. Over time, drivers and older guests get to know each other well and together you will spend many hours full of fun, laughter, and stories.
As a tea party driver, you liaise with your group coordinator and take older guests to and from the tea parties each month. Staying at the tea party is part of your role, so it’s much more than being a driver.
You will need access to a full, clean driving licence, a DBS (England and Wales) or PVG (Scotland), and you must inform your insurance company that you're driving on behalf of Re-engage for this role.
Visit our website to find out more information about the role and apply.
What we will provide to volunteers
🤝 Extra supportAbout Re-engage
Our volunteers work together to create better communities and help to enrich the lives of our members by giving them something to look forward to.
Older people who may have felt very alone, now feel valued as individuals, continue to form friendships, and have groups that give support. We make sure that people know they are important well into old age. Respectful, determined, warm, pioneering, and local: we are Re-engage and we are bringing generations together.