I had been thinking about volunteering with a charity supporting elderly people for a while, but never did anything about it, until we were faced with lockdowns and I thought that it was high time that I’d played my part. Isolation and loneliness are very damaging on any of us, but even more on elderly people. So I contacted Volunteer Wicklow and they were of brilliant help: through them I quickly found out that volunteering opportunities were available with ALONE and I got linked up with them. From then on I got brilliant support from Wicklow Volunteers who regularly checked up with me to make sure my application with ALONE was progressing well. And even after I started volunteering with ALONE, they contacted me to know how I was doing in my new volunteer position.
ALONE is a fantastic organisation to volunteer with: they provide great training and support and I now have a 2 hour shift every week where I call elderly people, mainly in the Dublin area. Every week I feel so grateful for the exchanges I have with wonderful people who are always so grateful for the time ALONE’s volunteers give them. ALONE is still looking for more volunteers, so contact Volunteer Wicklow today, I guarantee you you feel richer from it!