What to expect if you visit a coach
Every coach is identified by an organisation with which we partner in their local area - some examples include local councils, housing associations or the local branch of Age UK. Coaches are people wh...
We ask you to commit to six months of visits and honour this where possible however sometimes things might not work and pairings end for a variety of reasons. Coaches and members can choose to end a p...
You will receive online training and a training call from the central office Older People Operations Team to prepare you for visits. Depending on the area you are paired up in you will either be suppo...
If the social part of coach visits that is causing doubt, don’t worry about having special skills or experience, we provide you with training and support. Often just listening and having a chat is wha...
If you believe that you will be able to make time to visit a coach every week, then a flexible schedule may not be a barrier. We sometimes have coaches that would be willing to change visit times week...
Unfortunately, we aren’t able to support this. The addition of another person and another schedule can complicate the organisation of visits, and your coach may be left disappointed. We offer our coac...
We ask our runners to make a minimum of a six-month commitment to their coach, so it might be the case that missions would be better suited to your availability if your circumstances are due to change...
Life happens! Although we ask our runners to make a weekly commitment to their coach visits, if you need to take a week or two off, you can just tell your coach, if there are any problems with this or...