Volunteer Training Resources
Connecting Community Digital Inclusion
If you are one of our Digital Volunteers, you will be asked to complete some Mandatory training via Digital Unite. Please follow the link to complete this training:
https://dcn.learningpool.com/login/signup.php
Dementia
At Cotswold Friends, we are aware many of our volunteers are supporting clients and their families living with dementia.
Please read our Dementia Newsletter, which includes lots of useful tips and contact information for local services and groups.
The Alzheimers Society website is also a fantastic source of information on this subject. Click here for tips and advice on communicating with a person with Dementia.
The website also has useful information on supporting a person with Dementia, with tips on issues such as respect, memory problems, talking with, and listening to a person with dementia.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.
It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risk and experience of abuse and neglect.
Cotswold Friends is committed to ensuring that adults who use our services are not exploited or abused and that working practices minimise the risk of abuse.
All staff and volunteers at Cotswold Friends have a safeguarding duty to be vigilant to signs that all is not well with an adult and to follow the correct reporting procedures.
Please read our Safeguarding Newsletter which summarises the information you need to know and explains the procedure if you have a concern you would like to report.