PAPYRUS is working towards building suicide-safer communities across the UK. You can get involved as a volunteer to help us achieve this goal.
You can:
- Deliver presentations to people in your community, such as schools, workplaces, and faith groups. These are 30-minute sessions called SP-ARK: Suicide Prevention – Awareness, Resource, Knowledge
- Attend events and run stalls such as Pride, county fairs, wellbeing days, University freshers’ fairs, and fundraising events.
- Write blogs posts and get involved on social media about your lived experiences of suicide and mental health.
- Help us to reach your communities by connecting us with groups and organisations you care about.
- Share new ideas: we’re always open to new opportunities to make our communities suicide-safer.
This opportunity is remote. Volunteers can do tasks from their home as well as getting involved in events at a number of locations within the local area and further afield across the North East (if the volunteer is willing/able to travel).
You can register volunteer interest here: https://vhub.at/PAPYRUS-EN
Skills
We don't expect volunteers to have any experience or qualifications but this role requires talking to members of the public about PAPYRUS and suicide prevention. This role requires empathy and understanding of people's difficult experiences and a level of comfort in talking about suicide prevention, as well as a willingness to help reduce the number of people who die by suicide. Training is provided.
Details
- Accessibility
If you have a disability we will discuss your needs for training/volunteering, and look at how we can make sure you're able to volunteer with us. As this role is not at a specific location and is often at different venues for events, we will always find out the accessibility of venues to ensure you're able to take part in any events you'd like to sign up to. Many venues are fully accessible and we will let you know if there are any exceptions to this. - Age restrictions
18+ only - DBS check required
Basic DBS check - Equal Opportunities Policy
- Expenses reimbursed
We pay reasonable expenses for travel and meals (with a £6 limit for lunch). - Health and Safety Policy
- Ongoing support
We provide ongoing support in a range of ways. All volunteers are given a named volunteer coordinator to support them. They will also be supported by other staff at events. - Training provided
We provide initial and ongoing training to all volunteers. - Volunteer induction
- Volunteer Policy
- Volunteers covered by insurance
- Written role description
When can I volunteer?
Start Date: 04/10/2024
End Date: 01/12/2025
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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Morning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Afternoon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Evening | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Availability Details
This role is very flexible and ad-hoc. A lot of the events we need support with are Monday-Friday 9-5 but we do have events at weekends. We have very few opportunities in the evenings, though our volunteer training and meetings are often in the evening.
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