Embracing Age

Charity
National - Britain

Our objectives

Embracing Age is a Christian charity working towards a world where older people are valued, connected and full of hope by combatting loneliness, mobilising volunteers, equipping churches and speaking out. Our areas of focus are:

1) Befriending elderly care home residents

2) Supporting informal carers 

3) Equipping churches in their work with older people

Our activities

We recruit, vet and train volunteers to bring companionship to care home residents. Volunteers visit weekly doing activities with individual residents that build relationship and bring enjoyment. This could be anything from simply chatting, going for a walk, gardening, playing a board or card game, reading aloud, giving hand massages - the list is endless.

We also facilitate a weekly zoom meeting for informal carers, in which they chat and pray together and build friendship with one another.

We run a series of webinars for churches on developing their strategy for older people, coming alongside people living with dementia, supporting informal carers and being a blessing to care home residents.

Causes

Older people / later life

Current opportunities

  • Embracing Age

    Community Fundraising Volunteer

    Remote: Twickenham
    0-5 hours / month
    1-3 hours / week

    Could you help us raise vital funds for older people living in care homes? We are looking for a volunteer with fundraising or events experience to help us grow our community fundraising across Richmond, Hampshire, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight

  • Embracing Age

    Communications and Impact Support

    Remote: Twickenham
    0-5 hours / month
    1-3 hours / week

    Could you spare a few hours a month to help us share the story of Embracing Age? We are looking for an organised, warm volunteer to support our impact and communications work, helping us reach more people and show the difference we make to social isolated, lonely older people in care homes

  • Embracing Age

    Volunteer CiviCRM Support Advisor

    Remote: Twickenham
    1-15 hours total
    15-90 hours total

    We reduce loneliness for older people in care homes across four regions. Our CiviCRM database is central to everything we do and we urgently need a skilled volunteer to help us keep it running well and build on it. Could that be you?

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