Emergency Response Volunteer Cardiff

Role: Emergency Response Volunteer

Location: Cardiff, South East Wales

Commitment: This service operates 24 hours/7 days per week. Volunteers are asked to do at least 2 x 6 hour shifts per week and attend monthly team meetings, held in the evenings, 7-9pm.

What would I be doing?

You will be helping people prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. Every individual affected by an emergency will need different support from us to help them recover, below are some examples of what you might support with:

• Helping communities prepare for extreme weather events such as flooding or snow storms
• Providing practical support such as distributing clothing or food after flooding
• Providing emotional support to people who have been evacuated due to a fire

Volunteers should have good communication skills, be empathetic and calm in crisis.

Covering the whole of Cardiff but must be able to get to Ely Fire Station (CF5 5BQ) – within 30mins.

You can find out more about the role here:  https://bit.ly/CardiffER or email ILCRVolRecruitment@redcross.org.uk