Volunteers at SN Home (Sree Narayana Mission Home for the Aged Sick) in Singapore are enjoying some games with the residents at the old folk home. SN Home taps on Social Media and YouTube to reach out to more volunteers. See SN Home Volunteer Facebook Page.
Contact the Elderly is a small national charity in United Kingdom which aims to alleviate the acute loneliness often felt by older people. They organises regular Sunday afternoon tea parties for people over 75 who live alone with little or no support from friends and family. Volunteer drivers, members and volunteer host families get together for an afternoon full of fun and laughter. A very simple idea that makes a real difference.
On some occasions they visit art galleries and other such places to have their tea parties.
These are good and sound campaigning methods we can learn from. Using video streaming to promote and bring interest to the work that volunteers do can be an inspiring way to encourage more people to hop onboard.
So far, the Coordinators we have spoken to, both within the municipality offices and elderly homes, have all described that they are in need of volunteers, and are more than happy if we can help them to spread the word to inspire more individuals to contact them.
We hope we can soon put together some videos that will elaborate more about our experience in elderly care volunteering within the greater Stockholm regions.
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