At Peer Talk, we help people living with depression and anxiety.
Last Easter, we launched a new group in Thornaby and now we need some new volunteers to join us.
Full training is provided.
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You will be required to facilitate with a colleague at our Thornaby meetings.
This involves attending 15 minutes before the meeting to prepare the room, facilitating for 90 minutes, closing the meeting and writing a brief report on it.
You will be on a 13 week rota-Usually you would be expected to facilitate at 4 or 5 meetings every 13 weeks. Each meeting lasts for 1.5 hours.
We take on volunteers from all walks of life-The key quality is that you are a good listener with empathy skills.
Many of our volunteers have experienced feelings of low mood and use that experience to help and support our peers.
Being a volunteer with Peer Talk is an extremely rewarding experience.
We accept volunteers from 18 upwards.
Many volunteers want to help having experienced feelings of low mood themselves.
We also are keen to give experience to students.