WNBEFRIENDING.ORG.UK

WNBEFRIENDING.ORG.UK Summary

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The website's description is: "we held our first volunteer forum recently. we invited all our volunteers to attend as well as guest speakers from the samaritans, lily and elements at the manor. the forum was held in the parish council rooms in south wootton as this was deemed to be a mid-point for all our volunteers. the thinking behind holding the forum was to find out from our volunteers if the support and training we give them enabled them to feel confident when providing our befriending service. the guest speakers pitched their talks to give advice on how our volunteers can provide the best quality of support to their client. the samaritans explained about the importance of “open” questions. this involves phrasing questions to the clients in a way that would need more than a yes or no answer and are useful for encouraging someone to express their thoughts and feelings. for example, instead of “are you feeling well today” this could be phrased as “how are you feeling today?”. using words such as “what”, “when”, “where” and “how” can encourage a client to be more open. they also showed us how to look for signs of how a client is feeling from their body language  and to use this in influencing the questions we ask. jill and eilish from king's lynn samaritans explaining the importance of open questions rebekah from lily explained how lily works in conjunction with the local council, wnb and other organisations. she explained that their website is a hub for local communities to find out about agencies and organisations who advertise their services and events. she talked about the changes they had implemented during covid and how their aim is to reduce social isolation in all age groups. rebekah from lily talking about the services they can provide. annette, owner of elements at the manor gave a talk on the importance of maintaining self-care and wellbeing. she described how it is essential for our volunteers to take time for themselves, to stay hydrated and to eat a balanced diet. she explained that if you look after yourself properly then you are more able to look after someone else better. she also showed us some simple exercises to help keep joints mobile and to reduce stress within our bodies. these exercises could be done in an armchair and would be suitable to be shown to our clients. annette from elements at the manor demonstrating some simple armchair exercises. after the talks there was an opportunity to have discussions. each table had a lead person who prompted questions that we designed to find out why our volunteers chose to work with wnb, whether they felt their training met their needs and expectations and what wnb could do to improve the support and advice that we give to them. there was some very interesting discussions and feedback which on the whole was very positive to read. volunteers during our round table discussions making notes on the event for our feedback forms we ended the session with a delicious lunch provided by the filling station. the conversations continued and it was lovely to hear the chatter and buzz from everyone. the general opinion on the event was that everyone had enjoyed it and appreciated the time to be able to give some feedback. a delicious lunch after all the talk and hard work! we finished off our review by sending out an anonymous survey. we had a good response and the findings showed: over 60% of participants prefer to learn in small groups and talking to other volunteers was the next most popular choice. a few prefer to learn on their own or by reading. e-learning was an option no one selected our face to face volunteer meetings are at a time or on a day 75% of participants can’t make. 43% of respondents regularly come to face to face volunteer meetings and 26% occasionally come along, while 21% have never done so. 43% of participants have never joined a zoom volunteer meeting, while 21% regularly do and 26% do occasionally. 67% of respondents say the zoom meetings are on a day or time you can’t make, and 25% say you can’t use zoom 100% of participants say our volunteer mailouts are useful! volunteers enjoy being kept up to date, and the mailouts help them to feel part of the volunteer team. adding some real life stories might be a worthwhile addition. most of the volunteers who replied, nearly 44%, have volunteered with us for 1-5 years. 26% have volunteered 5-10 years and nearly 9% over 10 years. the comments told us that it’s hard for many of our volunteers to find the time to come to a face to face meeting, however that for people who are able to attend its helpful to meet other volunteers and talk. zoom is something many of them don’t feel comfortable with or would need help to learn about and this puts them off. volunteers said that they enjoy giving back to the community and making a difference, that they enjoy meeting clients and they feel a sense of purpose about what they do. volunteers were also very complimentary about the organisation. if you would like to see the full results of the survey please drop us an email at [email protected] due to the forum being such a success wnb are hoping this will become an annual event. this will enable us to keep evolving not just our services but the training and support we give to the volunteers who carry out the service." As of June 26, 2024, wnbefriending.org.uk does not have any threat intelligence reports of concern.