A READING organisation supporting LGBTQ+ people is seeking volunteers.
Support U, which offers help and resources to those who need support with LGBTQ+ issues in the Thames Valley area, has posted to social media seeking support.
The service is run by volunteers, who work to provide online, phone, and face-to-face support, but had to temporarily halt its immediate services back in January due to growing demand.
The organisation posted on Twitter that it would be closed between Monday-Friday, January 9-13, to spend time re-structuring its provisions to meet demand.
The post read: “During this week, we will be developing our service to ensure we can continue to provide first class support to the increasing 6,400 support requests we receive a year.”
Now it is seeking more volunteers to help it continue to offer its level of support and provision of a first point of contact for those who need it.
Volunteers at the service are given full induction to the service, including care training, office and IT skills, and mentoring.
Volunteers must be over 18 and able to work in the UK, with a minimum commitment of four hours a week.
Full details about how to volunteer can be found online via: supportu.org.uk/about-us/volunteer/
