Volunteering

VOLUNTEER VISITORS NEEDED

Could you spare a little time to become a volunteer visitor?

Many older people in your community are lonely and isolated as they receive few or no regular visitors. Age Concern Canterbury’s Accredited Visiting Service helps reduce the loneliness by providing friendship a and companionship through a volunteer visitor.

We currently need volunteers particularly from North Canterbury.

We provide full training and support and ask that you commit for at least 12 months, one hour per week.

If you’d like to make a real diff erence to an older person’s life please contact Rebecca or Peter at Age Concern Canterbury on 366 0903.

WOULD YOU LIKE MORE COMPANY?

The Accredited Visiting Service at Age Concern Canterbury has caring volunteers who are keen to spend time with an older person. Our volunteers visit on a regular basis for about an hour each week. They tell us that they enjoy the opportunity to get to know an older person, and that they bene t and learn from the experience.

Please call Rebecca on 331 7816 if you would like to  nd out more.

Youth mentoring organisation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Canterbury, recently bid farewell to much-loved Board Member Tania McKenzie from Williams McKenzie Lawyers. Reflecting on her time with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Tania said:

Tania will be dearly missed by all the team at Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Canterbury.

. G N I R O T N E M ! S K R O W T I , E L P M I S O S

I have loved my time on the Board whether it be reviewing national policies or at the grass roots level helping with fundraising initiatives. I will continue to do what I can to support the organisation and the work it does with our tamariki.

Huge thanks to Ellie, Jo and Olivia for the work they do and to the volunteers. Without our volunteers so graciously giving their time we would not have such a fantastic organisation in our District.

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