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In Ceredigion there are nearly 500 blind and partially sighted people known to Social Services. We know that sight loss can cut you off from your social life and local activities so we want to contact all those on the register to find out who would like to be more involved. That is why the Association is working with Wales Council for the Blind with the help of a grant from CAVO to make this happen.
We are looking for visually impaired volunteers for the Project. They will meet one afternoon a week to phone everyone in Ceredigion who is registered blind or partially sighted. They will be asking the people they call whether they would like to take part in activities or just to receive information. Each session will last about two hours.
There will be a Co-ordinator to support the callers and we are seeking a suitable volunteer for this task at the moment. Training about visual impairment will be arranged and there will be a Preparation Day for Volunteers and Co-ordinator.
We'd like to hear from anyone who is interested in becoming the Co-ordinator. There will be a fee payable for this post and a mileage allowance. So, if you are interested, please get in touch with Maldwyn James for more information on 01970 880638.
[ Needed: Volunteer Callers ]
The remit is to provide support for vision impaired volunteers that enables them to carry out their volunteer tasks.
What skills, knowledge and experience or other qualities are required for the task?
The role does not require any special skills other than a pleasant personality and ordinary common sense.
You will be responsible to the Executive Committee of the Association. One member of the Committee will be chosen to be responsible for the project and for communicating with you.
The phone sessions will take place once a week probably on a four-week rota. Each session will last about two hours,
Once the day and times have been agreed for the convenience of Co-ordinator and volunteer callers they will take place at a regular time.
The sessions will take place in Llwyncelyn Village Hall.
The Training Day will also take place there.
The Co-ordinator will:
It is a voluntary organisation running this project with the support of WCB. The Volunteer Co-ordinator will be part of a team which consists of vision impaired volunteers although acting in the capacity of support to them to enable them to carry out their volunteer tasks.
There will be a Training Day before the project starts which will cover the arrangements and the contents of the project.
We will try to arrange for the Volunteer to attend a visual impairment awareness training session if they can make themselves available.
This project aims to build up a list of :
This task should be satisfying because it will result in opening doors for blind and partially sighted people. But there will be a double satisfaction in that in this role the Co-ordinator will be enabling v.i. people to overcome the obstacle of sight loss and play a full part in providing a service themselves.