COMMUNITY ENABLER VOLUNTEERING

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Community Enabler Volunteering

Join over 980 volunteers who have made an impact on social isolation & loneliness in over 50 cities worldwide.

Thank you for your interest in Community Enabler Volunteering with the Stitch Community, a not-for-profit charity dedicated to addressing loneliness and social isolation for the members of society over 50 years old who need it most. 

This article is part of a set of articles about Volunteering at the Stitch Community. If you haven’t read our volunteering overview yet, you should do so before reading on.

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Community Enabler Volunteering

Community Enablers are people who want to assist individual members of the community who face barriers which prevent them from fully participating.

Stitch is increasingly being contacted by local community organizations who serve older adults who may be socially isolated and would love to participate in Stitch, but face barriers such as lack of access to technology which prevent them from doing so.

Stitch will be working with these community organizations to maintain a register of people who need a little bit of help to be part of Stitch, and to buddy them with Community Enabler Volunteers in their area. Community Enablers may get involved in a variety of ways, which may include:

  • Calling their buddy by phone to tell them about upcoming activities in their area that they would like to attend
  • Helping with transport or other logistical challenges
  • Providing regular check-in phone calls
  • Helping their buddy address specific technical challenges
  • You don’t need to be a member of Stitch to be a Community Enabler Volunteer, but it’s great if you are.

You don’t need to be a member of Stitch to be a Community Enabler Volunteer, but it’s great if you are.

I'm interested! How do I get started?

If you meet all the requirements and think that becoming a Community Enabler Volunteer sounds like something you would like to do, then please fill out the form below. We will be in touch when we have identified a person in need in your local area who is interested in connecting with a volunteer.

If you belong to a charity or community organization that is interested in collaborating, please send us an email letting us know.