ACE is a community regeneration charity. It is about people working together to build community and to improve their own, and each other’s lives.
Compassionate projects Volunteer – Networks of support of family, friends, neighbours and community members, are the foundation of what matters most to those undergoing experiences of care-giving, approaching the end of life, death and bereavement. ACE Compassionate Communities project will provide practical support to people living in Ely, Caerau, Canton and Riverside and who are: ● affected by cancer ● bereaved ● approaching the end of their life ● caring for someone approaching the end of their life being discharged from hospital.
Current projects include: ● Grief Space (alternating weekly between morning and evening sessions on Wednesdays) ● Coffee Mornings (Thursday mornings)
Future weekly sessions to be confirmed.
Volunteer responsibilities:
● Help set up Coffee mornings, Grief Space and other community engagement sessions ● Be available to answer questions and have conversations with community members ● Offer a listening ear and a supportive response ● Help set up, prepare and clear away refreshments (Food Hygiene training provided) ● Help to collect information from community members to help monitor impact
Volunteers will gain: ● Appropriate and bespoke role training including training on compassionate conversations and health and safety ● Full access to regular supervision sessions from one of the project leads ● Full access to a monthly peer support group with all Compassionate project volunteers and ACE staff ● Time Credits (up to 5 per week)
Desired Skills
● Ability to communicate sensitively with community members and staff ● Ability to have conversations with people around care-giving, ill health, death, dying and bereavement ● Ability to promote compassion, consider support networks and work in a person-centred way (training given) ● Good time management and organisational skills . |
Tags: Companionship and socialising, In the Community, Older People
Contact
Helen BullAddress:
ACE – Dusty Forge 460 Cowbridge Road West CF5 4BZ
Email: Volunteering@aceplace.org
Tel: 029 2000 3132
Mob: 07736 958051
Web: www.aceplace.org




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