Support Volunteer

We're a Recovery Infrastructure Organisation. This means we provide a network of support throughout your journey and beyond. In short, we're here for you whenever you need us. Also, we can help you find activities or any training opportunities you might wish to pursue. These opportunities can help you with relationships, housing, education, and employment.

 We also have links with the Lancashire User Forum (LUF). You can attend this open and friendly forum any time during your recovery. The LUF is a place where you can meet people with similar interests and aspirations. Likewise, you can listen to talks or take part in workshops.

We're a vibrant, positive thinking community of volunteers and workers providing a support platform to individuals and their families from vulnerable groups, helping them to improve their wellbeing, reduce their dependency on drugs and/or alcohol, develop themselves and create thriving, sustainable communities.

Commissioned by Lancashire County Council Public Health in April 2015 to provide infrastructure support to the recovery community, our organisation has grown organically becoming inclusive and embracing people from all walks of life and backgrounds as we believe everyone has personal assets which can be used to help others and effect behavioural change.

 We use an asset based approach and look at people's interests, skills and assets and then try to facilitate and provide recourses to accommodate this. We have developed over the years from a just substance misuse organisation to working with diverse individuals suffering with Mental health, Substances misuse, and coming through the Criminal justice system.

 We try to empower individuals to believe in themselves and provide and platform where they can progress in their personal and professional lives. Many of our staff have got lived experience of some sort and have come through the Volunteering route.

What skills do I need?

People Volunteering in the sector will be working with vulnerable individuals who may have had trauma in their lives so a range of skills that would be preferred but not essential are:

 

* Interpersonal skills

*       Non judgemental

* Strong boundaries

* Communication skills

* Open minded

When do I need to be available?

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Details

We reach as far as Skelmersdale but mostly Preston based. We do have a group in Skem which our community engager runs on Thursday., volunteer support is required for a Thursday.