Handyman Service
Volunteer Handymen in support of vulnerable families
In the experience of the Foundation, hard up single parent households and households where the husband suffers from chronic ill health lack the financial means and ability to tackle odd repair and maintenance chores in their homes. They find that they cannot pay a handyman to handle such basic home maintenance work. Nor do they have the means to buy equipment and materials for such repair work. Because of this, their houses become run down, drab and dreary environments which negatively impact the mental health of family members.
The Foundation runs a Volunteer Handymen Service in support of very poor families. Volunteers additionally undertake odd jobs in the three sites of the Foundation and pick up used furniture from donor families and deliver them to service users. Each Volunteer handyman spends around 4.5 hours a week on this work.
This service grew out of a keenly felt need by Foundation Social Workers. Since one of the strategic objectives of the Foundation is to identify gaps in social support service provision and to respond to such needs, the Foundation attempted to fill this gap through the engagement of male retirees who are highly skilled in basic home repair and maintenance work.
In 2014, for example, the Volunteer Handymen between them completed a total of 1,215 hours of service, 288 hours of which in the homes of vulnerable families. Without this service, the homes of these families would have remained highly disorganised. Apart from the work described above, the Volunteer Handymen undertook 102 trips to pick up used furniture and other materials from donor families and transported them to families needing them and to the Foundation’s recycling Bazaars.
In the experience of the Foundation, hard up single parent households and households where the husband suffers from chronic ill health lack the financial means and ability to tackle odd repair and maintenance chores in their homes. They find that they cannot pay a handyman to handle such basic home maintenance work. Nor do they have the means to buy equipment and materials for such repair work. Because of this, their houses become run down, drab and dreary environments which negatively impact the mental health of family members.
The Foundation runs a Volunteer Handymen Service in support of very poor families. Volunteers additionally undertake odd jobs in the three sites of the Foundation and pick up used furniture from donor families and deliver them to service users. Each Volunteer handyman spends around 4.5 hours a week on this work.
This service grew out of a keenly felt need by Foundation Social Workers. Since one of the strategic objectives of the Foundation is to identify gaps in social support service provision and to respond to such needs, the Foundation attempted to fill this gap through the engagement of male retirees who are highly skilled in basic home repair and maintenance work.
In 2014, for example, the Volunteer Handymen between them completed a total of 1,215 hours of service, 288 hours of which in the homes of vulnerable families. Without this service, the homes of these families would have remained highly disorganised. Apart from the work described above, the Volunteer Handymen undertook 102 trips to pick up used furniture and other materials from donor families and transported them to families needing them and to the Foundation’s recycling Bazaars.
NEĦTIEĠU HANDYMEN VOLUNTIERI
Il-Fondazzjoni Santa Giovanna Antida tistieden applikazzjonijiet minn persuni interessati jagħmlu xogħol volontarju bħala Handymen. Qed infittxu:
Il-Fondazzjoni Santa Giovanna Antida tistieden applikazzjonijiet minn persuni interessati jagħmlu xogħol volontarju bħala Handymen. Qed infittxu:
- Irġiel irtirati li għandhom il-ħila ta’ manutenzjoni bażika fid-dar;
- Għandhom l-għodod u trasport tagħhom;
- Lesti li jagħmlu xogħol volontarju 4 sigħat fil-ġimgħa fid-djar ta’ familji foqra;
- Kapaċi jaħdmu f’tim ta’ 2;
