About this role
What you’ll be doing
RNID Near You volunteers do 6 main activities to help us make life fully inclusive for deaf people and people with hearing loss and tinnitus.
You don’t have to do all 6 of these activities – you can pick the activities you find most interesting and match your skills and experience.
Main activities
1. Maintaining hearing aids
Our volunteers support hearing aid users by cleaning their hearing aids and replacing batteries and tubing. They provide tips for getting the most from hearing aids.
Don’t worry if you don’t have experience maintaining hearing aids. We give our volunteers full training so they’re knowledgeable and confident setting up and using the hearing aid maintenance kit.
2. Helping people check their hearing
Our volunteers help people take the RNID online hearing check. They take people through the steps in person on a digital tablet.
It usually takes 10-15 minutes and will suggest if the person’s hearing is in a normal range or if they may have hearing loss.
3. Informing people
Our volunteers help deaf people and those with hearing loss and tinnitus find information about:
– getting used to hearing aids and getting the most out of them
– using technology and assistive devices
– applying for benefits
– finding employment
– finding support with employment
– and many other important topics
This might be information from RNID or information from other organisations or charities, such as:
– NHS
– Citizen’s Advice
– Tinnitus UK
You’ll be given full training so you know what information to give to people and what other organisations or resources might be helpful.
4. Meeting and greeting
Our in-person volunteers welcome people to our services. They have a chat with visitors, find out what service or information they’re looking for and direct them to the right place.
5. Finding supporters and donors
Our volunteers do important work to help us find people who can support our services and people who can donate money to help us fund our services.
If you’re interested in helping us find supporters and donors, we’ll give you full training so you feel confident and prepared.
6. Administration
Our volunteers help us run our service by doing administrative tasks. This might include something like data entry or managing copies of leaflets.
When you can volunteer
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Requirements
Age
You must be at least 18 years old.
Checks
We have a legal duty to make sure that all volunteers working either in person and/or online with children and adults at risk on a regular basis are suitable.
In addition to requesting references, we’ll carry out appropriate pre-volunteering checks in line with regulations such as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in England and Wales, and equivalents in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Travel
You may need to be able to travel by car or public transport to different places. We’ll reimburse your expenses, according to the RNID Travel and Subsistence Policy.
Location
Location City Centre, Leicester, UK