Email/Pen Pals

VASL’s Community Champions is looking for caring people over the age of 18 to volunteer their time and skills, to help isolated or lonely people (over 60 who live in the Harborough District) reconnect with their local community, discover new opportunities and achieve their personal goals, with your support, encouragement and companionship.

Your role will involve:
*Email Community Volunteers send a weekly email to provide social contact to an older lonely person and signpost appropriate information
*PenPal Volunteers write to an older person regularly to share news and provide external interest
*Liaising with and feeding back to project worker
*Attending an initial training session
Benefits of volunteering with VASL:
*Flexibility- email and letter writing can be done at a time that suits you
*Social contact with other volunteers
*Belonging to a thriving local organisation
*Gives some structure to your life and helps you feel useful
*Using spare time constructively giving personal satisfaction
*Making a positive difference to someone’s life
*Building your skills, networks and confidence
*Sense of achievement
*Exploring new types of volunteering /work
*Your volunteering can be added to CV or job applications
*Enables you to give something back to the community