Volunteers

Developing an e-learning resource for volunteers

Volunteers often lack experience of offering relationship support

Our research has established that people experiencing relationship distress or difficulties are much more likely to ‘turn to’ a friend or someone they are already in contact for help, such as a volunteer. But often those helpers lack the confidence or know-how to offer appropriate relationship support.

With the aim of increasing access to relationship support in communities, we have partnered with Altogether Better to develop an e-learning resource specifically for volunteers. The online programme will help you offer relationship support to people you meet in your volunteer role and become a relationship champion in your community.

The programme will help you build the confidence to:

• Recognise when someone may be experiencing relationship problems.
• Actively listen to people with relationship problems.
• Share knowledge and information and about relationship support with friends, family, and people in your community.
• Refer/signpost people to local activities, services and support facitilites, as well as online resources like theCoupleConnection.net.
• Design and deliver community group activities which spread knowledge and information about relationship support.

OnePlusOne is offering a limited number of free places for volunteers registering before 31st March 2013.

Sign up today at www.relationshipsupport-volunteers.org.uk using the access code BANANA.

For further information on our training, and for help making it available to your volunteers, contact training@oneplusone.org.uk or telephone 0207 553 9530.