hello
I am wondering…
Here For You, or
a Community Connector / ‘Engagement team volunteer’, or
the Involvement Network, or
part of the Stroke Group Network…
…and so has been police vetted, maybe also trained in topics like safeguarding, the SA requirements for GDPR, etc?
It cannot just be Lea & I 
??
Maybe you should enlighten us Simon?
Hello Simon. @SimonInEdinburgh. Good for you getting involved. I did look into it and was sent an application but was put off by the need for the vetting-I am reluctant to further pester people to act as referees as I am not employed, have a non existent relationship with my last employer as I was injured at work, and have already used my limited contacts for other volunteering opportunities.
I get the need for vetting but am not prepared to ask for more favours from people who have better things to do. I have been CRB checked countless times in my working career and have nothing to hide.
Good luck with it all, Julia x
Since my stroke five years ago, I’ve been involved in various ways.
I’ve done several ‘voice of the patient’ things, been involved in research and been a Here For You volunteer. My favourite volunteering was delivering the education sessions at Moving Forward After Stroke, a rehab course which I did after my stroke and found very beneficial. Sadly, the funding is no longer available to deliver them. Following on from that I’ve worked locally with people referred by the SA to gym sessions run for people with health conditions.
Having said all that, my DBS certificate has recently expired. I’m not currently in a position to commit to any volunteering as my partner has been unwell for the last few months and is awaiting cardiac surgery. We’ve had to cancel quite a lot of commitments recently so I don’t want to add to them. My intention is to return to it once he’s sorted out.
Who runs the online support service
To the best of my knowledge
Head of products is Charlotte Potter,
Online community managers is Nicola Miller,
Forum ‘manager’ is Alex Lilja
Or to put it another way alex reports to Nicola who reports to Charlotte who reports to the customer services director (Andrew Cook)
Why do you ask?
I’d like the idea of joining a group
To the best of my knowledge the volunteer based services have NO integration with online services
attempts to suggest there would be advantages has had a variety of responses .
To become a volunteer there are application details on the website - see Volunteer | Stroke Association
You can be a Community Connector or a Here for You caller
Caio
Simon