Marmalade Trust is an award-winning loneliness charity for all ages, dedicated to raising awareness of loneliness and supporting people to find new social connections. Since 2013, we have directly ...
Marmalade Connections volunteer
Contact person
Helen Ker-Bridges
#101456
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Summary
Marmalade Connections - telephone based project- supporting those in our community who are the most socially isolated, and who experience persistent loneliness
Detailed description
Based on the enabling/empowering social prescribing model, trained volunteers make weekly calls to project members for up to 15 weeks, focusing on their specific needs and interests.
These conversations lead to volunteers signposting the project members to local social activities and community support, to improve their social connections long term. For some project members, encouraging connection will take time, but a small step towards improvement is still a positive change!
As a volunteer, you will be supporting a project member on their journey to finding more or different quality social connections in their life. We recommend the 3 step approach as a foundation:
- Acknowledge the feeling of loneliness
- Identify what you might need in order to feel less lonely
- Take action and begin making connections
New connections could be made in person, such as at activity groups or clubs, or made online if the project member is able to access the internet independently.
What volunteers need
🗣️ Native language skills
About Marmalade Trust
Marmalade Trust is an award-winning loneliness charity for all ages, dedicated to raising awareness of loneliness and supporting people to find new social connections. Since 2013, we have directly helped thousands of people and have reached millions more. Our mission is simple: to create a society where we recognise that loneliness exists and support each other to make new connections.