Volunteers needed to learn and share important information with their peers
NORTHERN Suburbs and Scales Community Legal Centres are seeking volunteers to participate in an older people’s peer education scheme.
Funded by the WA Department of the Attorney General’s Criminal Property ConÄ scation Grants Program and LotteryWest, the two-year pilot program will assist in alerting older people to the risk of elder abuse and provide them with the tools to identify and prevent abuse and protect themselves.
Peer education recognises that most people learn better by sharing knowledge and information among friends, colleagues and neighbours. If you are interested in volunteering you should be engaged in your community and have time to work with the organisation to learn about peer education and to develop necessary skills. Volunteers will be trained and provided with a kit which will give them the tools to speak and educate their peers. Training will be for a half-day per week over a fourweek period and the commitment required is for 12 months.
Peer educators will be active members of their community, attend events, community groups and services and be open to having conversations with people on the subject of elder abuse.
If you live in the Stirling, Wanneroo and Joondalup areas contact Marissa Martin on 0411 472 439 or email [email protected] Those in the Rockingham and Kwinana areas should contact Gai Walker on 9550 0400 or email [email protected] murdoch.edu.au.
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