Inclusion Gloucestershire is a disabled people’s organisation that exists to facilitate inclusion for people who face disabling barriers, every day and in every way. We recognise, that no two people ...
Peer Mentor
Contact person
Jackie Rowe
#107247
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Summary
Peer mentors support people to build or regain their confidence and independence. We are looking for volunteers with lived experience of disability.
Detailed description
Peer mentors support people to build or regain their confidence and independence. We are looking for volunteers with lived experience of disability to help us delivering advocacy and mentoring to disabled people in Gloucestershire.
We are looking for people to support us with:
- 1:1 peer mentoring: working with people to identify what support they would like and working with them to help improve their quality of life
- Befriending: including supporting people to attend Inclusion hubs and other local activities and events
- Group advocacy (speak up groups): Supporting people to have their say in a group environment on topics that are important to them
- Supporting people with completing forms: to access support to improve their quality of life.
- Attending meetings and events: to help us to share information about our peer mentoring.
What volunteers need
😇 Disclosure and Barring Service
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs
🤝 Extra support
About Inclusion Gloucestershire
Inclusion Gloucestershire is a disabled people’s organisation that exists to facilitate inclusion for people who face disabling barriers, every day and in every way. We recognise, that no two people will be affected by disabling barriers in the same way.
Our Vision is to help people achieve an inclusive society that values, respects and includes disabled people everyday and in every way.
Our Model:
We are user-led and our model places ‘experts by experience’ at the centre of what we do.
They are people who have experience of living with a disability or mental ill health and who know what works for them and what doesn’t.
Every project we work on involves our experts by experience, who are fully supported in what they do.
Being user-led means that the majority of our Board, which makes the important decisions about how we are run, have lived experience of disability. The majority of our staff team are also disabled, so have valuable insight into life with a disability.