I’m back to having unfilled shifts. I can’t fill them and I don’t blame the volunteers for not putting their hands up.
We all volunteer for different reasons. To fill our days. To learn new skills. To contribute to society. To feel good about who we are .
I know I don’t mind vision impaired clients . They can’t see but they still can hear you. You’re only acting as their eyes.
Deaf and blind clients are a challenge as they can neither see or hear.
The ones with crooked knees and legs I can deal with as well. They can still walk just slower and shorter distances.
Same as the ones who can’t speak English. It means no one to chat to at the appointment.
It’s the ones with medical problems that is beyond me.
Next week I’ve got 9 shifts and I don’t think I’ll be able to fill them. Case of don’t think anyone will take them on. It’s unfair for the volunteers to expect them to take on so much.
We are supposed to be companions. The clients need to be mobile and independent. We are not nurses or health professionals.
Yes we are first aid trained..still.
Will stick it out . If no one offers I’ll have to handball it back to the coordinator to decline or try to find someone.
Dewy's Place 
It is inconvenient when people think we can do almost everything, and you have to do which is not your work.
When I used to work as a wedding planner, people would often put requests for bringing us food, and putting other requirements which was not under our services. The situation here is a little different but then I can understand how you must be feeling. And how difficult it is to deal with such clients.
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It’s a free service and with that comes cancellations that they don’t let us know. They don’t seem to think we have to coordinate our volunteers to come into the city to meet them. Or like the person I rang this morning trying to confirm where to meet his client . He was like I’ll ring you guys that morning? What am I suppose to do? Put my volunteer on stand by?
It’s terrible. That’s the ugly side of volunteering . The pretty side is great too. Getting hugs from our clients or getting to know them if we take them out often enough.
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I know, there is both sides to it, but it must get very difficult.
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