A book can be a bridge - support wanted for Frieda's library
DIAKOVERE gGmbH
- Disabled People
- Kids & Teenagers
- Seniors
- Education & Language Support
- Hands-on Activities
- Organisation & Administration
About the volunteering opportunity
Our volunteer-run patient library is looking for dedicated volunteers!
If you have a passion for books and want to help others find joy and distraction through literature, then you’ve come to the right place! We moved into new space last year and want to revamp and expand our offerings.
If you have a passion for books and want to help others find joy and distraction through literature, then you’ve come to the right place! We moved into new space last year and want to revamp and expand our offerings.
Your Tasks
Helping patients check out books on the wards, assisting with book checkouts, developing new ideas for using the library, handling public relations, expanding the library’s offerings, working as a team to select new acquisitions and books, and much more!
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, intermediate German skills are required.
An interest in literature and books, and a willingness to reach out to people.
Time required
Regularly
Discussed individually
On weekdays, on weekends, during the day
We would like to open the library for at least one hour a day. A commitment of one hour/week helps us a lot! :-)
Location
DIAKOVERE gGmbH
DIAKOVERE is Lower Saxony's largest non-profit organization in the health, social and education sectors. More than 5,400 people in around 90 different professions work at DIAKOVERE: in the three hospitals Annastift, Friederikenstift and Henriettenstift, including a rehabilitation facility, in youth, elderly and disabled care, palliative care and the hospice. DIAKOVERE also includes specialist schools for healthcare professions with 750 training places, an academy, a vocational training center for people with disabilities and an inclusive primary and secondary school. The annual turnover is 380 million euros. DIAKOVERE employees treat around 150,000 people in its three clinics every year; over a third of these are inpatients and almost two thirds are outpatients. As a diaconal company in the Protestant tradition, it is our mission to accompany people with dignity from birth to old age and into death.