Did you know that there are young people in your area between the ages of twenty and thirty who feel lonely? These may be fellow students or classmates. Because they suffer from psychological vulnerability, they find it difficult to mingle in social situations and to communicate with others. They avoid social environments and are not quick to meet up with anyone. While they would actually like to do fun activities. These young people would benefit from a peer as a buddy. Someone with whom they can do something fun on a friendly basis through one-on-one contact. With a peer, they would like to have a drink somewhere, go to the cinema, visit a community centre, play games, go for a walk or a bike ride, be creative, visit an event or go to the shopping centre. Something for you? The function of this buddy contact is to break through or prevent social isolation in a participant with psychological vulnerability by going out together. As a buddy, you build a friendly one-on-one contact with someone and provide distraction and a bit of fun. It is important that you pull the cart, that you know how to take initiative and that you take the participant out with you. And that you are prepared to meet with your buddy once every two weeks for one year (longer is possible). Furthermore, you are prepared to enter into the meeting 'openly', without wanting to change the other person. That sometimes requires adaptability. The pairing takes place on the basis of, among other things, common interests. Working hours: During the day or in the evening, during the week or in the weekend: all possible. If you become each other's buddy, you will meet once every two weeks for the duration of one year. When and where you meet is always determined in mutual consultation with your buddy. Acceptance procedure: Contact person Roads Buddy Project: Jorise (Mon, Tue, Thu). Feel free to contact me for an introductory meeting. If you register definitively as a volunteer, a conversation with a participant will follow. After this conversation, you can indicate the next day whether you want to become a buddy couple together. Yes = start contact. No = new conversation with another buddy.
Read moreKeizer Karelpark, Randwijck
Project - 52 weeks
Weekly from 2 to 4 hours
Keizer Karelpark, Randwijck
Suitable for youth
Adults
Hello, My name is Jorise de Boer. I work at the Maatjesproject. This project is part of Roads and Arkin. We are looking for volunteers who want to help break the social isolation of a participant with a psychological vulnerability. Would you like to spend some free time with someone who needs a pleasant distraction through a one-on-one contact? As a volunteer, you will be paired with a participant for a year. Together you form a buddy couple. You meet every two weeks and decide in mutual consultation what you are going to do. You can think of: drinking coffee together, doing groceries, playing a board game, walking or cycling, shopping or going to the beach. The pairing takes place on the basis of wishes and common interests. Are you interested in becoming a volunteer with us? Please leave a message with your name and telephone number. I would like to get to know you by telephone. Kind regards, Jorise.