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 24th July 2019
Time: Two sessions - 11am til 12.30pm or 1.30pm til 3pm
Where: Chamber Room, Moreton Area Centre, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 0AZ
Local availability of defibrillators has been shown to improve outcomes for people suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Please do come along and learn how to use this potentially life-saving device.
28 March 2018
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 updated Dementia Newsletter, which 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”
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