Befriending is proven to be a lifeline for older people who are experiencing loneliness.

Even up to an hour of your time once a fortnight can help to transform someone’s life. Befriending is also mutually rewarding for the older person and volunteer alike.

The attributes we look for in our volunteers are:
Motivation – to make a positive difference in the life of an older person.
Compassion – will help you to understand the needs of our older members.
Ability - to confidently communicate over the phone or face to face with older people.
Reliability – we couldn’t overcome loneliness without our amazing community of volunteers. We ask for calls and visits where possible to be weekly or fortnightly.
Listening – is an integral part of the role. We cover this within our induction training.

The requirements for the role are:
Fill in the application form, provide references, complete a DBS check, complete the induction and undertake a welcome telephone interview with one of the team.
Commit to provide a phone call and/or visit once a week or fortnight (fill in calls can be provided to cover illness, travel and holidays).
Commit to befriending for six months or more. Although we do understand that circumstances can change unexpectedly.
Live in Sussex.  
Undertake a review over the phone 6 weeks after the befriending match has started and yearly thereafter. This is not a time consuming process but helps us to know you are happy with the befriending match!

What we can offer you:
Friendly and approachable team to support you with your befriending match.
Training and resources.
Feel connected and part of a community which values human connection.
Opportunities to meet other volunteers if you would like to.
Opportunities to contribute towards campaigns, projects, newsletters, if you would like to.

Please see below for our application form and welcome to the Time to Talk Befriending team! We are delighted to welcome you!

To join our volunteer team please complete our application form below.

In addition, please kindly read our Privacy Policy document and details about the ID we require to undertake a DBS check.

If you require any support completing your application or would like to receive the application form in a different format, please phone us on 01273 737710 or
email info@tttb.org.uk.

Befriending Volunteer Application Form:

Introduction

The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) has replaced the Data Protection Act (1995) and came into force on 25th May 2018.

The GDPR will protect all of Time to Talk Befriending’s staff, trustees, volunteers, scheme members and supporters.

The GDPR makes it clear that all data is collected legally, stored securely, and used responsibly and in view of these changes we have reviewed the personal data we hold on our staff, trustees, volunteers, and clients. It is important that you read and understand this notice before signing it and returning it to the project manager.

Purpose and Scope

This Privacy Notice explains Time to Talk Befriending’s position on the gathering, use and storage of all volunteer data:
1. Purpose for which your personal data is used by Time to Talk Befriending.
2. Where the legal basis of Time to Talk Befriending processing your personal data is either for a legal requirement or legitimate interest.
3. Who are the recipients of your data, if any?
4. Period for which your data will be held.
5. Your right to request access to the personal data the charity has on file for you (Subject Data Access Request), your right to the removal or deletion of your data, to request restriction of your data being processed or to object to your data being processed.
6. Your right to withdraw consent to your data being processed by Time to Talk Befriending, provided there is not a legal requirement or legitimate interest to do so.
7. Your right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
8. Whether or not the provision of your personal data to the Company is a statutory or contractual requirement, and the possible consequences of failure to provide the data.

Practice

Time to Talk Befriending has an obligation to let you know what data we hold on you, why we hold that data, how we use it and how we protect it. This section provides you with all the information you need to know.

The purpose for which your personal data, as a volunteer will be obtained, used, stored and who will have access it.
The personal data held on you will be used for the following purposes:

Some information may be stored on TTTB email account from staff.

2. How long will your data be stored?
Your data will be stored on our Charity Log database for the duration of you serving as a volunteer. If/when your voluntary role ceases at Time to Talk Befriending your information will be kept on our Charity Log database but will only be used if we are contacted by the police or social services regarding an investigation.

In addition, to produce reports for funding we will download data from Charity Log and save it in our secure MS Office One Drive Project Folder. For attendance at groups and/or events will hold information such as your name, email address, dietary requirements, access needs etc. in our secured MS Office One Drive Project folder.

3. Subject Data Access Requests
You have the right to request to see the data Time to Talk Befriending holds on you. In order to do this please contact the Operations Manager Sally Crawford via sally@tttb.org.uk or call 01273 737710, leave a message and we will get back to you.

4. Your right to withdraw your consent
Under GDPR you have the right to withdraw consent to your information being processed during your time as a volunteer but only if there is no legal or contractual or legitimate interest for Time to Talk Befriending to hold the information.

5. Your right to complain to a Supervisory Authority
If you have a concern regarding GDPR, please contact the Operations Manager Sally Crawford via sally@tttb.org.uk or call 01273 737710, leave a message and we will get back to you. If, after an investigation, you still have a concern you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office. Their website is www.ico.org.uk 

This policy contains all the information you require concerning the data Time to Talk Befriending holds on you as a volunteer. If you have any questions concerning these regulations, please contact the Scheme Manager.

Your consent:

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