Friends Action North East has a stong team of volunteers which make the work Friends Action North East do possible.
At the moment we have two different Volunteering opportunities, they are as follows: Friendship Builder (Volunteer Friendship Mentor) We are looking for volunteers who could offer a couple of hours a week to support someone with a learning disability enrolled onto the friendship programme (friendship finder) to help build and maintain friendships, get more involved in new activities to meet new friends and support in developing friendship skills to keep friendships e.g. planning, confidence, travel etc. In return we offer a fantastic training programme including an NVQ level 2 in supporting friendship and lots of social opportunities for our Volunteers. We also offer full cost of any volunteering activities and travel. Computer input and social network volunteer We are looking for volunteers to join our small IT volunteer team who look after ourwebsite which includes many live applications to support friendship. We are looking for volunteers to update our website and help promote the wonderful opportunities in the region to meet new people make friends and socialize. We are also looking for people to help us with our web forum and our other social networks. We are looking for IT volunteer who can offer regular time for a couple of hour a week flexible around your time scale. Volunteers can work from home and in the office depending on your preference. We also offer full cost of any volunteering activities and travel.
If you would like to know more about volunteering please contact Jay our volunteer Co-ordinator on 0191 2314327 or email Jay@friendsaction.co.uk
