Volunteer Befriender in Chorley

Location: Chorley

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: Creative Support

Job Hours: Full-time

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We currently have a volunteering opportunity in the Adlington area of Chorley for a volunteer Befriender.

If you have a couple of hours to spare on a Wednesday or at the weekend and can commit to volunteering with us on a weekly basis, we’d love to hear from you!

Our service user enjoys going for walks in the local area including walking around the Rivington Reservoir, loves animals especially dogs, is currently learning to swim, and enjoys anything arty with colouring in a favourite hobby.

We are looking for a female volunteer who is warm and chatty and would like to help our service user to explore the local community and enjoy her hobbies together.

If you are interested and would like to apply, you can apply via our website or get in touch for further info.

As a volunteer with Creative Support we offer training for your role, access to a volunteer supervisor, an induction, a monthly Volunteer newsletter, and an online volunteer’s peer support group.

Together we can make a difference.

Suggested time commitment: A couple of hours on Wednesdays, or at weekends.

If you would like to discuss volunteering with us, the role you’re applying for or you application form you can contact our Volunteer Department on 0161 236 0829 or email

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation.

We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award.

We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

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About Creative Support

creativesupport.co.uk

Creative Support was established as Manchester Housing Consortium in 1990 and was registered in 1991 as an Industrial and Provident Society with charitable status. We subsequently changed our name to Creative Support to show our commitment to developing creative responses to individual needs. In our first five years we successfully enabled people who had been living in long stay hospitals to move into supported housing, greatly improving their quality of life. By the late 1990’s we were providing a wide range of housing, care and support services.

Creative Support now provides person-centred services across England in 65 local authorities, supporting over 5,000 individuals with care and support needs. Our portfolio includes accommodation based services such as residential care, supported housing and extra care as well as a range of floating support and homecare services to service users living in their own homes. We also provide day activities and respite support so that service users, families and carers can enjoy holidays and short breaks.

We currently provide care, support, housing and preventative services for:
• People with a learning disability
• People with mental health needs
• People with dementia
• People with autistic spectrum conditions
• People with acquired brain injuries
• People with sensory and physical disabilities
• People with complex needs, including behaviour which can challenge services
• Young people with care and support needs
• Older people with care and support needs
• People who are homeless or in housing need
• People who have a history of problematic drug or alcohol use
• People who have a history of offending or are at risk of offending

The needs of our service users are diverse and we support people from all ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds.

Over 20% of our service users are from BAME groups and this is reflected in the diversity of our staff and volunteers.