ESN workshop "The Beginning Volunteer" on 2nd March 2008

Enthusiastic to embark on your first visit to an elderly home but not sure how you can contribute?
Want to understand more about volunteering in an elderly home?
Worried that you have problems communicating with the elderly?

We believe the key is to 'prepare' the new volunteer with basic skills to undertake the volunteering activities in an elderly related agency. In this workshop, we attempt to cover the various aspects - physiological (Understanding the elderly you are working with) to physical aspects (Basic wheelchair handling) that a new volunteer need to take care of.

Basic conversational training to facilitate communication (Dialect training – Hokkien or Cantonese) and basic first aid (First Aid awareness) are also covered in the workshop.

“The Beginning Volunteer” workshop also provides a good opportunity to network with volunteers from other elderly sector volunteer agencies and understand how other volunteers conduct their activities. The workshop ends with a sharing session by a volunteer with many years of volunteering experience.

Venue: National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (directions below)
Date: 2nd March 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 9am - 3pm


Target participants : New volunteers serving in the elderly sector

To register : Email elderlysectornetwork@gmail.com

Note: $5 will be collected for lunch, tea-break and materials cost

ESN workshop "Togetherness in Volunteerism" on 2nd March 2008

Volunteer leadership and good volunteer group management practices are key to the sustenance and growth of a volunteer group

In “Together in Volunteerism”, what we hope to achieve is to share good practices of volunteer management through a forum style discussion to better prepare the volunteer leader in facing the potential challenges.

Teamwork is another big component in a volunteer group. “Teamwork? Teamwork!” attempts to emphasise the importance of teamwork through a game setting.

Servicing in the elderly sector in Singapore, knowledge of basic conversational dialect is useful to facilitate communication. Dialect training (Hokkien or Cantonese) is covered in the workshop to help the volunteer conduct simple conversations with elderly who can only speak or understand dialect.

Literally, the “Transferring and Transporting Elderly” section is to equip the volunteer with skills to handle the elderly during transferring and transporting the elderly via wheelchair. We have invited a specialist to share with us the techniques to transfer and transport an elderly as we engage them in activities, considering both the safety of the elderly and the care-giver.

Venue: National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (directions below)
Date: 2nd March 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 9am - 3pm


Target participants : Volunteers who are involved in volunteer group management

To register : Email elderlysectornetwork@gmail.com

Note: $5 will be collected for lunch, tea-break and materials cost