At Cotswold Friends, we believe it is important to help our volunteers grow and develop within their volunteering role. We are committed to providing regular training courses for our volunteers which include the following:
We advertise our upcoming training courses in our newsletter, on social media and on our website. We will also e-mail our volunteers directly with training updates and information. Please let us know if you have feedback with regards to the training we provide, or any ideas for new training courses that would support you in your volunteering role. The next courses coming up are:
When: Wednesday 9th October 2019
Time: Sessions: 9.30am til 11am OR 11.30am til 1pm
Where: The Chamber Room, Moreton Area Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0AZ
Safeguarding is protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. Please come along to this important training session to find out more about safeguarding within your role as a volunteer. Training delivered by the Oxfordshire Adult Safeguarding Board.
When: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Time: Sessions: 9.30am til 12.30pm or 1.30pm til 4.30pm
Where: The Chamber Room, Moreton Area Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0AZ
The health and safety of our volunteers is of upmost importance to us. Join us to learn all about safe Moving & Handling practices for your Volunteering role. A nationally recognised certificate will be gained for attending this course.
DEMENTIA At Cotswold Friends, we are aware many of our volunteers are supporting clients and their families living with dementia.
Please Click Here to read our Dementia Newsletter, which although from 2018, still includes lots of useful tips and contact information for local services and groups. The Alzheimers Society website is also a fantastic source of information on this subject and here are two links to easy-read booklets that you might find useful:
Communicating Factsheet - contains tips and advice on communicating with a person with dementia. Follow the link: “Communicating Factsheet”
Supporting a Person with Dementia Webpage - contains a series of tips on issues such as respect, memory problems, talking with, listening to and supporting a person with dementia. Follow the link “Supporting a Person with Dementia”
SAFEGUARDING Safeguarding is protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risk and experience of abuse and neglect. Cotswold Friends is committed to ensuring that adults who use our services are not exploited or abused and that working practices minimise the risk of abuse. All staff and volunteers at Cotswold Friends have a safeguarding duty to be vigilant to signs that all is not well with an adult and to follow the correct reporting procedures. Please Click here to read our Special Edition Safeguarding Newsletter, which summarises the information you need to know and explains the procedure if you have a concern you would like to report.
