RVS Volunteer Scheme - experiences?

Thank you for coming back with your experiences, it's really disappointing, isn't it? When the siren on my phone went off, I had forgotten all about it, felt an adrenaline rush as I realised what it was, and rang the number glad to be of help at last. I do hope someone is doing research into how effect the service is, and how many calls are not appropriate, because used properly it could make such a difference.

Away for a week next week so will switch it off, but hopefully I might get a call where I can actually help someone soon! Has anyone actually managed to provide assistance?

A similar experience here, I signed up initially to take phone call referrals, I also heard nothing for weeks and weeks, so I decided to apply for local volunteering in the same context ie. Phone calls only, being over 70. Again nothing, which I found disappointing having troubled two old friends to provide references.
Lo and behold last week I had a call from the local one, this is after 2/3 months, but it was for someone who needed a big shop and prescriptions collecting. I explained that I had specifically said I could only do phone calls, being in the at risk group myself, but the lady calling me told me it had not appeared on her screen.
To put it mildly, it's all been a bit of a disaster!
I think I'll stick to my regular volunteering role on caring for DGC 2 days a week.

I signed up at the beginning and had my phone with me at all times in case of a referral. To date I haven’t had any and have left it off for the past couple of weeks.

Dh is a long time volunteer for RVS but not on this scheme.

Bumped this one because I am curious, are none of you signed up to the Volunteer scheme?