Thousands of volunteers help in groups that support people with disabilities. These disabilities could be physical, mental or learning or a combination of them. There a number of day centres across Wirral for people with special needs, where volunteers work alongside professional staff and help with various activities.

Other volunteers may help people who have had a stroke to recover their sight or join in activities that help the blind and partially sighted. People with an interest in sports can help enable people with disabilities to participate in swimming, horse-riding, athletics or wheelchair tennis.

There are also befriending schemes which have opportunities for volunteers to visit disabled people in their homes for chatting and socialising. Wirral Family Friends have a team of volunteers who support families with disabled children.

People who have mental health problems often benefit from the involvement of volunteers in such settings as day centres, drop-in centres, some hospital wards and activity clubs.

Wirral MIND provides a variety of services for those with mental health and/or learning difficulties, including advocacy, befriending, counselling and a project providing social, recreational and educational facilities. Volunteers can get involved with all aspects for the organisation from service provision to fundraising.

Volunteers who work with people who have any form of disability, will usually need to be police checked and have reference taken up before fully undertaking their role. Volunteers will be able to receive support and the necessary training from the organisations they volunteer with.

 

Call Nikki on 0151 644 7577 for more information