**Do you have a passion for writing and storytelling?**
Use your skills to make a lasting impact in someones life.
Were looking for creative volunteers who enjoy writing and editing to help a Queenslander with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) share their legacy. This could take many forms - a memoir or life story, a collection of poems or short stories, cherished recipes, a family tree, or anything that captures their life, values, and memories.
**MND is a progressive, life-limiting disease,** and while it affects each person differently, the average life expectancy is just 23 years. During such challenging and uncertain times, many people find comfort, purpose, and a sense of control through storytelling and legacy work. **As a volunteer biographer, youll help give voice to someones story -** preserving their words, wisdom, and spirit for the people they love.
This volunteer prospect will take place at the client's home in **Hervey Bay** and will require the volunteer to **commit to fortnightly meetings with the client for up to six months** (depending on how long the Legacy needs to be completed).
**About the role:**
As a Volunteer Biographer with our Legacy Program, you will be supporting a client with documenting their chosen form of Legacy (life story, recipe collection, poems/short stories etc.) by note taking and transcribing their words, and lightly editing with their approval to produce a final product that will be printed and published for their own personal use by MND Queensland.
**As the Volunteer Biographer Legacy Program, you will be:**
* Committing to fortnightly 1-hour meetings with a Legacy Program Clients
* Note taking, transcribing and lightly editing clients words
* Supporting clients collaboratively to produce their chosen Legacy format
* Formatting the completed work in word/pdf ready to be professionally printed
* Committed to respectfully and confidentially producing the life story (or chosen form of Legacy) of people living with Motor Neuron Disease.
**About you:**
* Able to take notes, transcribe and lightly edit effectively and efficiently
* Comfortable with formatting on Microsoft Word
* Comfortable and willing to communicate with people who varying (and potentially deteriorating) speech capabilities
* Able to commit to an ongoing volunteer role until the completion of the Legacy
* Able to undertake activities independently and proactively
* Friendly, down-to-earth attitude
* Passion for helping others and making a difference
* Access to your own computer and car - and willing to travel to Hervey Bay
* Current holder of or willing to apply for NDIS WSC (Yellow card)
** Category **
Health
** Commitment **
Regular - more than 6 months
** Type Of Work **
Companionship & Social Support,Writing & Editing,
** Time Required **
Adaptable days/hours to be chosen alongside the Legacy Program client - but a commitment of at least six months or more depending on the time it takes to complete the clients chosen Legacy.