Volunteering
Take the plunge into the crystal blue ocean of volunteering!
Getting involved in volunteering isn’t just about old people and smelly feet, there are many things that volunteering can do for you:
- Opportunities to meet new people
- Improves self-esteem
- Teaches you new skills and enables you to learn things you never thought you would end up doing
- Good decision making
- Benefits when creating CV and completing your UCAS application
- Helps decide career
- Easy to get into
Matt Hollis, aged 18 said “I found it challenging to manage the project alone as it was all new to me but it became ‘the norm’ after the first few sessions and now I consider myself to be a Professional at it!” , after setting up a series of DJ workshops.
There are a wide range of volunteering opportunities such as:
- Peer mentoring
- Sport related activities
- Music related E.g. DJ-ing
- Drama workshops
- Animal care
- Special constable
- Arts/craft/ culture
- Wokingham youth cafe
For further information please do not hesitate to contact, Natalie Sharp, a Youth Volunteer Advisor on her mobile: 07881941344 or by email: natalie.sharp@bacyp.co.uk.
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Takeover Day 2010
