Swansea Carers Centre offers a lot of volunteering roles within the organisation

By volunteering with us you will gain experience, training, references and we pay travel expenses. We also offer support for our volunteers through team meetings, volunteer forums and social occasions such as activities and trips.

It is easy to apply to volunteer. Take a look at the list of volunteer roles below, and then just email ruth@swanseacarerscentre.org.uk or tel: 01792 653344 and we will arrange for you to come in for an informal conversation about starting volunteering.

Volunteer Roles

• Ty Conway Volunteer: Supporting clients at our respite day centre with activities
• Time4You Volunteer: Offering a companionship sitting service once a week to clients with low level support needs in their home, so that the carer can have 2 hours respite.
• Youth Club Volunteer: Supporting young adults aged 16 – 25 with their caring role through activities at the youth club
• Peer Mentor Volunteer: Young Adult Carers who attend our Youth Club and are take on additional responsibilities within the the youth club to support their peers and gain leadership experience.
• Office Volunteer: Helping staff with various tasks in the office, and sometimes answering phone calls.
• Outreach Volunteer: Helping us give information to carers in community settings such as hospitals and G.P. Practices
• Holistic Therapy Volunteer: Qualified holistic therapists offering free treatments for carers
• Dementia Drop In Volunteer: helping people with dementia and their carers at our dementia Drop In
• Online Dementia Drop In Volunteer: helping people with dementia and their carers at our online Dementia Drop In, often with specific knowledge about dementia research or support
• Dementia Hwb Volunteer: representing Swansea Carers Centre at Swansea Dementia Hwb, offering advice to carers and people concerned about their own memory and referring them to our Dementia Support Team.
• Telephone Support Volunteer: making a weekly phone call to a career offering friendly conversation and referring to our staff if career needs additional support
• Male Carers Group Volunteer: male-only volunteers helping with activities support at our male carers group

Our volunteers have told us:

“For myself, there is the feel-good factor of doing something for others. It’s using the skills that I have from my working life, and maintaining those skills. Also meeting other people. It’s trying to help take the pressure off other people, by doing what I can so that they can get on with other tasks.”

“Both organisations and volunteers benefit from volunteering so it’s a win-win situation!!!!”

“Volunteering provides fulfilment and rewarding experience, and had led to personal development which I wouldn’t have had otherwise.”

For further information about the volunteering project contact:

Ruth Carpenter – Volunteer Co-ordinator

• ruth@swanseacarerscentre.org.uk
• 01792 653344