Volunteers
Basic requirements for all volunteers
Aged 18 years or more
Provide a written character reference.
Volunteer Support Person
Volunteers provide support to people affected by mental health issues who are living in the community.
How does it work?
The volunteer is matched with a person to support (Friend). This is a continuing relationship, which develops friendship trust and understanding.
The volunteer takes his / her Friend for a morning or afternoon outing each week.
What kind of outings?
The Friend decides where he / she would like to go.
It may be to coffee, or for a walk along the beach, or for a stroll in the park, or to a museum. The point of the outing is to give the Friend unhurried time to talk about whatever he / she would like to talk about.
Characteristics of a Group 61 volunteer.
Pleasant, relaxed manner and
Good listening skills.
Are you concerned about associating with people affected by mental health issues?
Mental illness is not contagious
Group 61 has a duty of care to ensure volunteers are not put at risk of violence, or of being manipulated or inconvenienced. We have never had a problem with violence and we have procedures that prevent that happening. The training course ensures volunteers are prepared to deal with any unusual situation that may arise.
People with mental health issues need to be understood and valued.
Would you like to Volunteer ?
You need to have a car.
To arrange to have a Group 61 representative discuss becoming a Volunteer Support Person please click here.
Cluster Group Support Person
A cluster group consists of 2 or 3 volunteers and a number of people affected by mental health issues (Friends). They have their outing together.
This is a social outing and some volunteers take on organising or being part of a cluster group.
To arrange to have a Group 61 representative discuss becoming a Volunteer Cluster Group Support Person please click here.
Volunteer Chauffeur
A chauffeur picks up 2 or 3 Friends and transports them to an outing location and returns them home after the outing.
Currently we are seeking chauffeurs
for Wednesday mornings to go to Grimstead Park, Alderley at 10:00 am and
for Thursday afternoons to go to the Baptist Church Hall at Geebung at 2:00 pm
To arrange to have a Group 61 representative discuss being a Volunteer Chauffeur please click here.
Facebook Manager
Group 61 Facebook is being set up and we need an enthusiastic facebook user to moniter it.
To arrange to have a Group 61 representative discuss being the Facebook manager please click here.