Our growing team of volunteers are an integral and highly valued part of Caring Together Charity. Opportunities are many and varied, covering services supporting carers and the people they look after across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk. People of all ages choose to volunteer with us, bringing a wide range of experience and skills which are invaluable to our charity and to the people we support.
Meet Amy
Amy volunteers on our Befriending Service in Norfolk. Her personal experiences as a carer helping her mum look after her siblings who have learning difficulties, led to her wanting to help other carers.
Both carers and their loved ones benefit from Amy’s visits. Her companionship helps reduce loneliness and gives them
something to look forward to. Making the right match between Befriender and family is key to success. In Amy’s case the
intergenerational element has worked wonderfully, bringing joy and interest to the people she supports because her life is so different to theirs. Amy plans to use her volunteering experiences in her future career as an Art Therapist and says, “I would definitely recommend working as a Volunteer Befriender. It’s a very rewarding experience, and you genuinely make a difference”.
Meet Jodie
Jodie has volunteered as a Trainee Counsellor for just over a year. Having been a paid carer for 12 years, Jodie already
understood the challenges carers face every day. On finding that Caring Together could offer the counselling placement she needed to complete her qualification, she jumped at the chance to make a difference to carers lives.
Every day, Jodie witnesses the amazing impact that counselling can have in helping carers step out of their role and work through complex situations and emotions. Her drive to help carers shines through when speaking about the transformation
it can bring about, such as when a carer progressed from having crippling self-doubt to living a full and confident life after counselling.
Volunteering has helped fuel Jodie’s passion for supporting carers, so much so that she plans to carry on even when she is qualified. She says, “Caring Together are amazing, there is so much support and guidance. They look after their volunteers so well and I have never felt like I am on my own.”
Are you considering volunteering?
Have a look at the opportunities on our website at caringtogether.org/volunteer and do get in touch with our Volunteer Co-ordinator if you have particular skills or experience not listed and feel you have something to offer us, we’d still love to hear from you, please contact us on 0345 241 0954 or email [email protected]
