This page contains volunteering opportunities with organisations across Wandsworth. If your organisation would like us to advertise a position please contact Sarah on 0208 516 7767.

•  Take part in a research study and have your say about personal budgets
• Help the community to monitor and improve health and social care services
• Actively make a difference to the lives of people with sight loss

Do you want to train to become a Befriender and support others with aphasia?

Connect provides training and supervision for volunteers with aphasia who offer one-to-one support to others with stroke and aphasia in hospital and at home. Through these visits, trained befrienders encourage and help other people with aphasia to re-connect with life.

Benefits for befrienders

•Provides a meaningful role

•An opportunity to share experiences

•A chance to change service delivery

•Community participation

•Provides peer-support

Benefits for befriendees

•Information

•Reassurance

•Friendship

•Conversation opportunities

•Fun and laughter

Befriending is offered at all Connect locations. To find out more, 

Contact Wasi Daniju

Telephone: 020 7367 0844

Email: wasidaniju@ukconnect.org

http://www.ukconnect.org/index.aspx