Community Volunteer

RNID Community Volunteer

Community volunteers help us share important information to people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, or support someone.

Here’s what our community volunteers do and the requirements we ask for.

What you’ll be doing

Our community volunteers usually:

• volunteer at multiple locations
• don’t have a fixed time commitment.
• help us on an ad-hoc, flexible basis.

They do 4 main activities to help us make life fully inclusive for deaf people and people with hearing aids and tinnitus.

You don’t have to do all 4 of these activities – you can pick the activities you find most interesting and match your skills and experience.

Main activities

1. Informing people

Our volunteers help deaf people and those with hearing loss and tinnitus find information about:

• getting used to hearing aids and getting the most out of them
• using technology and assistive devices
• applying for benefits
• finding employment
• finding support with employment

and many other important topics.

This might be information from RNID or information from other or organisations or charities, such as:

• NHS
• Citizen’s Advice
• Tinnitus UK.

You’ll be given full training so you know what information to give to people and what other organisations or resources might be helpful.

2. Attending events

Our community volunteers represent RNID at events held in different locations across the UK. These might include open days, audiology events or volunteer fairs.

They act as ambassadors for RNID and speak to deaf people and people with hearing loss and tinnitus to give them information about our services. They also host information stands to help people find information.

3. Presenting

Our volunteers give presentations and talks to share information. These might be in-person or held remotely online.

4. Finding supporters and donors

Our volunteers do important work to help us find people who can support our services and people who can donate money to help us fund our services.

If you’re interested in helping us, find supporters and donors, we’ll give you full training so you feel confident and prepared.

For more information about the role, please see: Community volunteer in Northern England - RNID

Skills

Time - management

Polite and positive attitude

Friendly approach

Understanding and sympathy

Flexible

Familiar use of technology