Venue Address
Northumbria House
Hexham
NE46 4DL
United Kingdom
54.979348896941, -2.0900667556505
Wag & Company is a registered charity enabling volunteers with their own dog to build meaningful new friendships with older dog lovers across the North East of England in their own homes or in care or medical establishments.
You will only need a couple of hours most weeks to make a big difference to someone's life.
Wag & Company is building a movement of North East dog lovers working together to help older people in our community. We want everyone who misses the friendship of a dog to quickly benefit from a visiting dog team. Our volunteers share their friendship and their dogs.
To apply for this opportunity, you will need to complete our online application form, provide references, attend an induction programme and complete a DBS check and dog assessment.
Skills needed
Benefits for the Volunteer
Benefits of this role: Making a really big difference to someone else's life, meeting lovely people, making new friends and listening to interesting stories., Other Support: Induction information is provided plus ad hoc dementia or safeguarding training is offered. We are unable to pay expenses but placements are always very close to volunteers’ homes.