onHand - uber for volunteering

onHand - 超级志愿服务

• 批准号: 70656
• 金额: $ 9.55万
• 依托单位: BEONHAND LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=70656
• 关键词: onHand; uber; volunteering

onHand's mission is to create an uber or Airbnb for volunteering on a national scale - making it easier for vetted volunteers to give help, while making it quicker and cheaper for people to receive help.Launched in 2018, onHand matches vetted volunteers with older adults and vulnerable people (including those self-isolating) who need help with simple tasks such as shopping, medicine collection/drop offs, urgent errands and other essentials. By tapping into the sharing economy we can address one of society's most pressing issues, at a fraction of the cost of today's solutions, and when NHS resources are most strained.onHand is already operating successfully in London with positive feedback from both volunteers and older people who have used the service and app. Given this new investment, onHand will be able to launch into new locations starting with Newcastle, in partnership with the National Innovation Centre for Ageing, and with a view to becoming a national service - rolling out to several cities in Q1 2021.We have an ageing population, where 24% will be age 65 or over by 2035. Over half of all people aged 75 and over live alone, and startling research shows that levels of loneliness are increasing. No one should have no one, and onHand helps combat the loneliness epidemic for both older and younger generations.In this time where we have all been told to protect the NHS, onHand does just that - volunteers provide care before professional and national services need to be drafted in.As an innovative yet small team, onHand needs investment to scale and help more people. We want to invest in our technology, and launch a pilot scheme outside of London in Newcastle, with a view to replicate our successes across the UK. This development will take us from helping 100's of vulnerable older adults to enabling help for 10's of 1000's.In a post COVID-19 world, we hope that onHand can resume providing a larger variety of tasks for older people who need help, including closer contact and in-home support such as light gardening and simple tasks around the house (like changing lightbulbs and taking the bins out) plus basic companionship, all with a network of new volunteers who continue to give their time even after COVID-19. These are the types of services we successfully provided prior to the current crisis, delivering 1000's of hours of help in the last year.

onHand的使命是在全国范围内为志愿服务创建一个Uber或Airbnb-让经过审核的志愿者更容易提供帮助，同时让人们更快、更便宜地获得帮助。onHand于2018年推出，将经过审核的志愿者与老年人和弱势群体相匹配（包括那些自我隔离的人）需要帮助完成简单任务，如购物、取药/送药、紧急差事和其他必需品。通过利用共享经济，我们可以解决社会上最紧迫的问题之一，而成本只是当今解决方案的一小部分，而且NHS资源最紧张。onHand已经在伦敦成功运营，使用过该服务和应用程序的志愿者和老年人都给予了积极的反馈。鉴于这项新的投资，onHand将能够从纽卡斯尔开始进入新的地点，与国家老龄化创新中心合作，并希望成为一项全国性的服务-在2021年第一季度在几个城市推出。我们有一个老龄化的人口，到2035年，24%的人将年龄在65岁或以上。超过一半的75岁及以上的人独自生活，令人震惊的研究表明，孤独的程度正在增加。每个人都不应该孤独，onHand帮助老年人和年轻人对抗孤独的流行病。在这个时代，我们都被告知要保护NHS，onHand做到了这一点-志愿者在专业和国家服务需要被征召之前提供护理。作为一个创新的小团队，onHand需要投资来扩大规模并帮助更多的人。我们希望投资于我们的技术，并在伦敦以外的纽卡斯尔推出一项试点计划，以期在英国各地复制我们的成功。这一发展将使我们从帮助100多个脆弱的老年人到帮助1000多个老年人。在后COVID-19世界，我们希望onHand可以继续为需要帮助的老年人提供更多种类的任务，包括更密切的联系和家庭支持，如轻松的园艺和简单的家务活（比如换灯泡和把垃圾桶拿出去）加上基本的陪伴，所有这些都有一个新的志愿者网络，即使在COVID-19之后，他们也会继续奉献自己的时间。这些是我们在当前危机之前成功提供的服务类型，在过去一年中提供了1000小时的帮助。