onHand - uber for volunteering

OnHand的任务是在全国范围内创建一个Uber或Airbnb，让经过审查的志愿者更容易提供帮助，同时让人们更快、更便宜地接受帮助。2018年推出的OnHand将经过审查的志愿者与老年人和需要帮助的弱势群体(包括那些需要帮助的人，如购物、取药/送药、紧急差事和其他必需品)相匹配。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，而成本只有今天解决方案的一小部分，而且是在NHS资源最紧张的时候。onHand已经在伦敦成功运营，志愿者和使用该服务和应用程序的老年人都提供了积极的反馈。鉴于这一新投资，现有的将能够与国家老龄化创新中心合作，从纽卡斯尔开始进入新的地点，以期在2021年第一季度成为一项全国性的服务-在几个城市推出-我们的人口老龄化，到2035年，24%的人口将达到65岁或以上。超过一半的75岁及以上的人独居，令人震惊的研究表明，孤独的程度正在上升。任何人都不应该没有人，手头上的人帮助老一辈人和年轻一代抗击孤独流行病。在我们都被告知要保护NHS的时候，手头上就是这样做的--志愿者在需要征召专业和国家服务之前提供护理。作为一个创新但规模较小的团队，手头上需要投资来扩大规模，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个试点计划，以期在英国复制我们的成功。这一进展将使我们从帮助100%的弱势老年人S，到帮助10%的S。在后新冠肺炎时代，我们希望现有的能够继续为需要帮助的老年人提供更广泛的任务，包括更紧密的联系和家庭支持，比如轻微的园艺和简单的家务(比如更换灯泡和取出垃圾桶)以及基本的陪伴，所有这些都有一个新的志愿者网络，他们即使在新冠肺炎之后也会继续奉献他们的时间。这些都是我们在当前危机之前成功提供的服务类型，去年我们为S提供了1000个小时的帮助。

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.