Are you interested in becoming a Samaritans Volunteer in Bristol?
We are always in need of more listening volunteers. We are a really friendly group comprising all ages and backgrounds. You don’t need qualifications or experience and your background is immaterial, but you must be 18 or over, a good listener and willing to carry out listening duties in our Centre of approximately four hours each.
The number of duties expected varies on when you do them as we work a tariff system where each duty earns a number of points and volunteers are asked to earn a minimum of 100 points per quarter. Night duties (of which every volunteer is required to do one a quarter) are worth 20 points each, late night duties 12 points and daytime duties 8 points each, but the actual mix of duty times depends on which best suits each individual volunteer. All listening volunteers must also complete 5 hours ongoing training every year.
We also have opportunities for a number of support volunteers (dependant on the vacancies available at the time) who help run various administration tasks required by the branch such as our volunteer database, rota and statistics secretaries, and also publicity, fundraising and building maintenance. We try our best to match your skills and interests with our need for volunteers and discuss with you to agree the time expected of you.
Unfortunately we only have limited facilities for volunteers with
disabilities.
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