Volunteering

IHC’s volunteer friendship programme is about making a positive change in someone’s life and gaining a new friend in the process. It is about spending time doing what you want to do, when you want to do it, with a person with an intellectual disability.

The relationship is one-to-one. This means you spend time with only one person, so you both to get to know each other.

You and the person with the intellectual disability choose how you spend your time. It could be taking the dog for a walk, seeing a movie, or going to a café for a coffee.

It is not time specific. There is choice. There is flexibility. The emphasis is on being out in the community having fun – together.

Read about one of IHC's volunteer friendships here.

IHC’s unique one-to-one friendship programme has expanded to include skill-based volunteering. These are shorter, focused projects based on goals the person wants to achieve.

You work one-to-one with a person with an intellectual disability to develop a specific skill, or achieve a specific goal. You set the time commitment to fit the project.