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Volunteer for Ageing Well!

 

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The Ageing Well Festival is always a fun and well-attended event – and, as ever, they need plenty of volunteers to ensure it’s a huge success.

If you’d like to  volunteer in this year’s festival , hust fill out the following Google Form, as they can then pencil you in somewhere that fits both your needs and interests, as well as their requirements.

Google Volunteering Form: https://ageingwelltorbay.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b84fca88864ba7a1d240c45d7&id=0d24324cc0&e=50c99de599

They need  volunteers to commit to minimum 3 hour sessions if possible (if you can’t do as many as 3 hours please just let them know). We will recompense £10 – cash given on the day. Hot drinks and biscuits freely available.

‘Your information is secure,’ they remind us, ‘and we do not share with any other parties. We will use your information to contact you about future Ageing Well volunteering needs unless you request otherwise.’

If you have any queries please email laura@lauracarus.co.uk

Need more information about the festival? Visit the website (https://ageingwelltorbay.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b84fca88864ba7a1d240c45d7&id=f503b7bd49&e=50c99de599) call them on 01803 212638, or reply to this email/email ageingwell@torbaycdt.org.uk

‘Thank you, any help is greatly appreciated!’ they add.

Bob Jope  Healthwatch Torbay

(Author)

Apart from five years studying in Oxford I’ve lived most of my life in London where for many years I was Head of English in a prestigious girls’ school, but since taking early retirement and heading West to be nearer to my two daughters - settling in Torbay with my wife, Anna, in 2011 - I’ve worked in the voluntary sector. I took on the role of Service Provider, for example, promoting the Red Cross Torbay Navigators Project, while now I’m a Trustee and part of the Media Team for our local Healthwatch. I’m a governor at Torquay Academy, too, giving me the chance to stay up to date with what’s happening in the world of education. Other interests, aside from friends and family, include art and art history, reading - from contemporary fiction and poetry to Elizabethan/Jacobean literature - history, politics, cooking, walking, and music, in particular Bob Dylan, the blues, and early Elvis. I love writing, too, with one novel published so far – Elvis in Wonderland – and another, Who’s There?, that still needs plenty of work!