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Dance & Physical Activity Support
Organisation Details
The Widows Empowerment Trust
Sub theme: Disability, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Older people
Stellify Award: This opportunity is part of 'Make a Difference'
Organisation Description: Supporting widows and widowers who are socially excluded due to their bereavement.
Description of role: The Widows Empowerment Trust’s mission against loneliness needs your help!
Widows are at a significantly increased risk of developing negative health effects following a bereavement, including a higher risk of stroke, cardiovascular disease and early mortality. To combat this, The Widows Empowerment Trust offers befriending services, wellbeing workshops and a range of projects to support people living in Manchester who have experienced a significant loss. Majority of our service users are over the age of 50 which can exacerbate the detrimental effect that grief can have on physical and emotional wellbeing. Many experiencing bereavement can lose a sense of community and the motivation to invest in their health.
We need your help making fitness fun again by supporting our service-users to exercise at our weekly wellbeing workshop!
Roles & Responsibilities
• Supporting an instructor to deliver weekly dance sessions at our workshop
• Maintaining a consistent work ethic
• Awareness and accommodation around any motor limitations older adults may have (Preffered)
• Strong communication & teamwork skills
• Empathy and a positive attitude
As a dance & physical activity support, you will be asked to help with a range of physical activities, including assisting a dance instructor to lead a 30-minute dance class to a majority group of older adults who attend our weekly wellbeing workshops. These sessions will be once a month for a fixed duration.
If you choose to volunteer, you will be critical to restoring a sense of community to bereaved individuals by bringing our service-users together to improve their health and wellbeing.
Widows are at a significantly increased risk of developing negative health effects following a bereavement, including a higher risk of stroke, cardiovascular disease and early mortality. To combat this, The Widows Empowerment Trust offers befriending services, wellbeing workshops and a range of projects to support people living in Manchester who have experienced a significant loss. Majority of our service users are over the age of 50 which can exacerbate the detrimental effect that grief can have on physical and emotional wellbeing. Many experiencing bereavement can lose a sense of community and the motivation to invest in their health.
We need your help making fitness fun again by supporting our service-users to exercise at our weekly wellbeing workshop!
Roles & Responsibilities
• Supporting an instructor to deliver weekly dance sessions at our workshop
• Maintaining a consistent work ethic
• Awareness and accommodation around any motor limitations older adults may have (Preffered)
• Strong communication & teamwork skills
• Empathy and a positive attitude
As a dance & physical activity support, you will be asked to help with a range of physical activities, including assisting a dance instructor to lead a 30-minute dance class to a majority group of older adults who attend our weekly wellbeing workshops. These sessions will be once a month for a fixed duration.
If you choose to volunteer, you will be critical to restoring a sense of community to bereaved individuals by bringing our service-users together to improve their health and wellbeing.
Skills / qualities associated with the role: Oral Communication Skills, Team Working
Are volunteer expenses available?: Yes
Duration of role: Ongoing / Long term
Opportunity times: Friday AM, Friday PM
DBS required: Off
Can reasonable adjustments be made regarding additional needs?: Yes
Is this organisation part of the Sports Volunteering Scheme (SVS)?: No
Minimum hours commitment: 5
Location:
BizSpace Wilsons House
Manchester
M40 8WN