MATCHMAKER YOUTH WITHOUT/WITH DISABILITY

Who are we?

[Buddies] is a friendship program for young people (16-35) with a physical and/or mild intellectual disability. We match young people without a disability with young people with a disability on the basis of friendship. We are a developing organization where there is room to think along and we offer a diversity of tasks.

As a Matchmaker you link young people without a disability to young people with a disability so that they can undertake fun activities together.

Activities:

-Introductory talks with young people/young adults (16-40 years old) who would like to

want to be a buddy (volunteer)

- Introductory talks with young people with disabilities. (16-35 years)

-Guiding the introductory meeting between the two young people

- Possibly. support in organizing group activities

- Follow-up couples

-Administrative tasks, feedback conversations

Who are you?

- You are available for an average of 4 hours a week;

- You have good empathy;

- You have affinity and preferably experience with the target group;

- Can work systematically;

- Can bind people to you;

- Can work independently;

- Are decisive;

- You are fluent in Dutch orally and in writing

to communicate

We offer:

-e-learning at the start

- Travel allowance

-Cosy gatherings where you can meet other friendship coaches

- Involvement in group activities (e.g. visiting museums, picnic, concert, city walk, cooking workshop.

-Expansion of your network and nice encounters in different places

-Priceless is the broad smile, and the satisfaction with every successful pairing!

Time commitment:

You can organize your time yourself because you make the appointments yourself. You can also indicate how far you want/can travel for the introductory meetings. We assume about 4 hours per week, this can change per week.