“Hi, I’m Andrea. I started volunteering with SRSB in 2009 while at Darnall. On completion of our new building on Mappin Street, I began volunteering in our Activity Centre, helped at fundraising events and day trips amongst other things. In 2011, I was asked to run the Creative Writing Group when the previous volunteer took up a new role as a Sheffield Councillor, which I still do to this day. During this time, I was asked to work as a self-employed personal assistant for five VI clients which I loved.

"Unfortunately, when Covid hit everything stopped, my PA work and my volunteering, until 2020 when I started running the Creative Writing group over the phone as a conference call, resuming my normal volunteering when we opened fully to clients and activities. 

"SRSB provides a Befriending Service for clients who have become lonely or isolated and would like someone to talk to either on the phone or face to face in their homes.

"In March 2022 I applied for the position of Befriending Services Co-ordinator, this role involves recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers in their Befriending role.”