Volunteer Befrienders are there to help those who sign up to the Befriending Service to feel more connected and less lonely. Befriending clients are most likely to be CRPS patients themselves, but the service is also open to friends, family and caregivers as well. The service aims to support anyone who is affected by this condition.

As a befriending volunteer, your role will involve a 40-minute call per client per week at a mutually agreed time, for up to 12 weeks or calls (depending on any holidays or sickness). Calls can take place either by telephone or on Zoom video, as per the client’s preferences. In addition to the weekly call, volunteer befrienders are to update and maintain the Charity’s CRM database and ensure that client records are up-to-date.

A befriender should encourage communication and confidence whilst practising empathy and understanding. It is crucial to have good listening skills and have the ability to withhold judgement. A befriender should support their client with knowledge of CRPS, although befriending calls are not exclusive to the topic of CRPS.

Read the Role Description for more information.

Time Commitment: Minimum 4 hours per week (mostly during office hours), 6 months commitment to the Charity

Burning Nights CRPS Support has a highly skilled counselling and therapy team who provide counselling and psychotherapy to adults and children who have been affected by a debilitating chronic condition, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). This team is expanding swiftly and we are now looking for another volunteer Clinical Supervisor to join this team ensuring we can continue the provision of our vital emotional support services to this community.

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Time Commitment: Approximately 1.5-2 hours per week, ideally 12-24 month commitment to the Charity.

Our volunteers provide the frontline service for anyone affected by CRPS and this role covers email support. The support email service is a key service for people needing information or guidance, whether they be patients, relatives, carers or medical professionals. It requires the use of focused understanding and literacy skills to read and respond to enquiries, to promote patient wellbeing and explore the impact of the condition in a safe space.

Email support volunteers can provide emotional support to clients, help them to access resources, and help to administer the day to day running of the support services.

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Time Commitment: Minimum 3 hours per week, 6 months commitment to the Charity

Live Chat Support volunteers offer confidential listening support and information via our Live Chat platform to anyone affected by CRPS whether they are patients, loved ones, carers or the general public, health and legal professionals.

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Time Commitment: Minimum 2 hours per week to fall within Live Chat operating hours, 6 months commitment to the Charity

Are you multi-lingual or have advanced level language skills other than English? Join our team to help us translate our literature into other languages including:

• Arabic
• Farsi
• German
• Hindi
• Kurdish
• Mandarin
• Polish
• Punjabi
• Spanish
• Urdu

Translation volunteers are tasked with accurately translating text from English into another language as required to ensure Burning Nights CRPS Support is properly represented to different communities.

This role will be a valuable part of our team, helping us to share crucial information and events to our supporters, as well as communicating what support we can give to people affected by Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), whatever their language.

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Time Commitment: Minimum 2 hours per week, 3 months commitment to the Charity