RNID Community volunteer

Our community volunteers usually: - volunteer at multiple locations, within your local area - don’t have a fixed time commitment - help us on an ad-hoc, flexible basis - You will be carrying out two main activities to help us make life fully inclusive for deaf people and people with hearing aids and tinnitus. 1. Presenting and giving information You will be giving presentations and talks to share information with groups and organisations. These might be in-person in the local community or held remotely online. Through these presentations we aim to: Raise awareness of deafness, hearing loss and tinnitus and the services and support available Provide information on RNID, our activities, and how people can support us 2. Helping people check their hearing You will be visiting groups in their communities to help people take the RNID online hearing check, taking people through the steps in person using a laptop or tablet provided by the group. Supporting someone to take the online hearing check usually takes 10-15 minutes and will suggest if the person’s hearing is in normal range or they may have hearing loss.

Skills

Training and support You’ll receive a full induction and training, so you’ll feel prepared and confident before your first session. You’ll also get our volunteering handbook and volunteering policies to refer to. You’ll be assigned a supervisor who will provide ongoing support.