Category: Chippenham

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How Virtual Reality is Taking Dementia Patients Back to the Future

  The Wayback project recreates coronation day in 1953 on 3D film using actors, period costumes and props, right down to fish-paste sandwiches. The effect is to bring back vivid memories for those struggling with the present. This is such an amazing project - click here to find out more about this inspirational project and…
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Our New Look Website

Welcome to our brand new Care Home Volunteers website – designed to provide you with the most up to date information and news regarding volunteers in the care home sector. Whether you’re a volunteer who can spare a few hours a week or a local care home looking to start or expand your volunteer roles…
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Make a difference in 2 minutes - Voting for the AVIVA Community Fund is now open!

Care Home Volunteers has the chance of winning up to a £5,000 award from the AVIVA Community Fund, but we need your help to vote for us… We have applied for an AVIVA Community Grant for up to £5,000 and we’re through to the public voting round. We need as many votes as possible to…
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Volunteer Training Session

Volunteer Training ….. A massive thanks to Elizabeth Bartlett who facilitated our volunteer dementia training session at Cepen Lodge in Chippenham on the 10th October. Elizabeth is a gifted trainer, and we are so grateful to have been able to benefit from her knowledge and expertise. Our current volunteers Nick, Chris, Vicky, Jackie, Emma were…
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Do you want to join an exciting new charity to make a difference to the lives of older people?

We are looking for a Chippenham-based Volunteer Manager/Trainer to join our growing team Care Home Volunteers befriend residents in care homes for older people to bring enjoyment of life and relieve loneliness and isolation. In Chippenham we have a thriving team of volunteers making a difference to the quality of life of older people in local care…
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Our Volunteers

Chippenham Care Homes

We are pleased to announce that we have now started our new venture in Chippenham. We have enrolled a wonderful group of volunteers who will be working with us to bring joy and happiness to older people in care homes in the town.