Volunteering - Reduces Isolation By regular involvement with like-minded people, volunteering can break down barriers and help volunteers build new and nurturing social networks. Volunteering - Supporting a Charity Charities rely on the efforts of volunteers and could not do the work they do or help the people they serve without them. Volunteering - Developing Transferable Skills For people looking to enhance their employability, volunteering is a great way of showing commitment to employers and learning new skills. This is so valuable in the modern workplace. Volunteering - Valuable Work Experience In addition, the experience that volunteering can provide is also a highly-prized workplace commodity. It can also be so difficult to obtain, particularly for the young, who have yet to enter the world of work, and older people who have been out of the workplace for longer than they might wish. For so many reasons, volunteering is a great idea. Thanks for helping the and we Carers’ Centre hope you enjoy your time with us. Andy Graham Volunteer Co-ordinator About Carers and Caring in the UK Carers are the largest source of care and support in each area of the UK. It is in everyone’s interest to support them. Taking on a caring role can mean facing a life of poverty, isolation, frustration, ill health and depression. Many carers give up an income, future employment prospects and pension rights to become a carer. Many carers also work outside the home and are trying to juggle jobs with their responsibilities as carers. The majority of carers struggle alone and do not know that help is available to them. Carers say that access to information, financial support and breaks in caring are vital in helping them manage the impact of caring on their lives. Carers experience many different caring situations. A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who manage on their own because they are frail, have a couldn’t – disability or mental or physical illness.
Volunteering - Reduces Isolation By regular involvement with like-minded people, volunteering can break down barriers and help volunteers build new and nurturing social networks. Volunteering - Supporting a Charity Charities rely on the efforts of volunteers and could not do the work they do or help the people they serve without them. Volunteering - Developing Transferable Skills For people looking to enhance their employability, volunteering is a great way of showing commitment to employers and learning new skills. This is so valuable in the modern workplace. Volunteering - Valuable Work Experience In addition, the experience that volunteering can provide is also a highly-prized workplace commodity. It can also be so difficult to obtain, particularly for the young, who have yet to enter the world of work, and older people who have been out of the workplace for longer than they might wish. For so many reasons, volunteering is a great idea. Thanks for helping the Carers’ Centre and we hope you enjoy your time with us. Andy Graham Volunteer Co-ordinator About Carers and Caring in the UK Carers are the largest source of care and support in each area of the UK. It is in everyone’s interest to support them. Taking on a caring role can mean facing a life of poverty, isolation, frustration, ill health and depression. Many carers give up an income, future employment prospects and pension rights to become a carer. Many carers also work outside the home and are trying to juggle jobs with their responsibilities as carers. The majority of carers struggle alone and do not know that help is available to them. Carers say that access to information, financial support and breaks in caring are vital in helping them manage the impact of caring on their lives. Carers experience many different caring situations. A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who couldn’t manage on their own – because they are frail, have a disability or mental or physical illness.
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