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TRANSPORT:
SHORT DISTANCE: There are occasions when a person needs to attend a hospital or clinic and they cannot drive or walk to the nearest public transport. This service will normally be requested from people near your own locality and it usually means you would have to wait at the hospital/clinic until the patient has been attended to.
LONG DISTANCE: Sometimes people have to travel to Alicante or Valencia for hospital treatment and may not be capable or well enough to drive their own car.
If you volunteer for this, you are entitled to ask for the expenses incurred, such as road tolls and petrol, from your passenger.

CHARITY SHOP
The charity shop in La Xara is open Monday to Friday from 09.30 to 13.30, and Saturday from 09.30 to 13.00. Regular volunteers work on a weekly rota according to the day they offer. Also needed are people who could be available to cover for emergencies and holidays.

FUND RAISING
The Annual Sponsored Walk and Autumn Fayre are our main fund raising activities, which normally take place in May and November respectively. They are usually half-day events and are always great fun to be involved in either as a participant for the Sponsored Walk or, in the case of the Autumn Fayre, to man a stall, bake a cake, make jam, sell raffle tickets, etc. If there are any other activities that you feel you could introduce into this fund raising category, your suggestions would be very welcome.

HELP CENTRE
ADMINISTRATION: The “HELP” Centre in La Xara is open Monday to Friday from 10.00 until 14.00. Admin staff are responsible for the general upkeep of the “HELP” Centre, the loaning out of medical equipment (wheelchairs, walkers etc), the maintenance of certain “HELP” documentation and records, and responding to general enquiries and queries from the public.  Volunteers will need a basic knowledge of computers using Windows, e-mail, Word and Excel.

VOLUNTEER: The “HELP” Centre is open on Monday and Thursday each week from 10.00 to 16.00 as a “Care Centre” for social and care activities, Volunteers will be expected to interact with visitors by joining in with conversation, card games, etc, making tea and coffee and generally working towards creating a welcoming atmosphere at the centre.
The “HELP” Centre will also be a facility for carers to leave their “charges” on these days, so that they can get a few hours respite.

HOME VISITS
This is one of the most useful services you can carry out for people who are temporarily housebound or incapacitated.  If you have previous experience of being a carer, you will be of particular value in relieving relatives for a few hours every week or whenever you can manage to give the permanent carer some respite. Of no less importance, is the help one can offer in the more domestic areas listed overleaf – so please come forward for these tasks too.  Please indicate (as detailed overleaf) the service you can provide and the times you are available and we will call you if and when a request is received in your area.

HOSPITAL TEAMS:
INTERPRETERS FOR HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: “HELP” provides a team of voluntary interpreters who are on duty Monday to Friday from 11.00 to 14.00 at Hospital de Denia in LA XARA.  Each member of the team is called upon for one morning every third week. New volunteers are welcome, who would initially be called upon to cover sickness and holidays.
Jill Porter-Smith (Interpreter coordinator – Telephone 96-575-6335) will contact you if you volunteer for this much appreciated service.

THE “SHADOWS”: This is a team of volunteers who man the “HELP” Desk at the Hospital de Denia in LA XARA.  They work as a secretarial service to the interpreters and are available to answer general queries when the interpreter is engaged in the consulting room.  Fluent Spanish is not necessary.  The “HELP” Desk is covered on a rota basis Monday to Friday from 11.00 to 14.00 and generally a “shadow” would be on duty every third week.
Pauline Major (“Shadow” coordinator - Telephone 96-645-5353) will contact you if you volunteer for this team.

HOSPITAL VISITING TEAM: Volunteers on this team can visit English-speaking patients in either or both the Hospital de Denia in LA XARA and La Pedrera Hospital in DENIA. 
Visiting at Hospital de Denia in La Xara: Tuesday and Friday once every two months after 4pm. 
Judith Goodall (96-649-3793) co-ordinates the volunteer visitors for this Hospital and will make contact if you offer this service on your application form.
 Visiting at La Pedrera in Denia: Any time to suit you and your adopted patient, but needs to be regular at least once a week.
Eileen Dart (La Pedrera visiting team coordinator – Telephone 96-643-5684) or Lesley Balaam (La Pedrera deputy coordinator – Telephone 96-578-8143) will contact you if you offer this service.

INTERPRETERS FOR CLINIC APPOINTMENTS, ETC:
If you are competent in the Spanish Language, but do not want the commitment of being on the Hospital Interpreting Team, your services could be invaluable for those who need help when dealing with the Spanish authorities, for example, a visit to the local doctor or chemist or the Town Hall.  Please volunteer only if your Spanish is fluent enough for this. There is no fixed rota for this service, as it is dependant upon when a request for help is received.  Please indicate overleaf the days and times you are likely to be available.
You can if you wish make a charge for out of pocket expenses and your time, the association suggests €12 per hour.

Please note: if you are a volunteer for services at the hospitals, the Centre or our Charity shop, the cost of travelling to and from is at the volunteer’s expense.
Travel costs for taking patients to and from appointments etc must be met by the patient, e.g. petrol, tolls, parking, but no charge for the volunteer’s time.

DISCRETION AND CONFIDENTIALITY:
All volunteers are reminded that the work in which they are volunteers is an area of sensitivity.
Information relating to the people being helped is strictly confidential and should be treated as such at all times.
Information should be shared only within “HELP” when necessary to maintain a reliable service, and should never be discussed with anyone outside “HELP”.