Opportunities
Calling the older person you have been matched with two to four times per month at an agreed time.
Following the guidance in your call companion training modules to ensure that your calls are enjoyable, appropriate and in line with our charitable aims.
Letting Re-engage know if you have any concerns.
A DBS will be required and paid for by the charity.
This is a home based role.
Organisation
Re-engage is committed to older people being heard, valued and engaged.
Why Re-engage?
As we get older, our social circles diminish, and we find ourselves with fewer and fewer people to turn to. Imagine realising one day that all your friends and family have gone from your life. Loneliness can be cruel, and it affects millions of people over 75 who live in social isolation.
Re-engage is making life less lonely for thousands of older people every year. Older people tell us that our volunteer-led activities make them happier and more able to trust others.
Tea parties are monthly social groups open to people aged 75 and over, and give older people regular afternoons of conversation and laughter with friends of all ages.
Call companions is a telephone befriending service ensuring older people stay connected to the outside world. Call companions is available to anyone aged 75 and over who’s socially isolated and would like a regular chat over the phone with a friendly volunteer.
Activity groups give people 75 and over the chance to do gentle exercise as they make connections with other people. The activity groups in Bristol and the South West, Greater Manchester, London, the Scottish Borders, Wales, West Midlands and West Yorkshire, take place both face to face and online.
All services are free to older people.