Volunteering with Young People

Storytelling without books Small teams can volunteer in a primary school to tell stories directly to children without a book. This project lights up the imagination of the children and the volunteers. More ... Where food comes from (Primary) At school with no green space and which has a playground on roof of building, help the children learn about growing plants through interactive activities More ... Open day for nursery Help a charity plan and run an open day for a local Westminster Nursery More ... Young Enterprise - Company Programme - Business Advisors Become a business advisor and work with a group of students once a fortnight, helping them to set up their own business More ... Enterprise Week Event School (primary or senior) A school near Baker Street are seeking a team of volunteers to support them in running an activity so that the children can learn about real business tasks and team working More ... Perseverance and Problem Solving (primary) Run activity with students around confidence building and sustained concentration More ... Raising Aspirations and Goal Setting (primary or senior) Working with young people on developing goal setting techniques through visualisations of success More ... Business advisor for young people Become a business advisor for young people who are setting up their very own businesses, whilst still at school. Project run by a charity with years of experiene in supporting many thousands of young people gain experience in business and entrepreneurship More ... Do you enjoy a heated Debate? Students need to practice to improve their debate skills. While you have practice debates with groups of 6 students at a time, other students can be assigned to judge the debate. Debating could be done as a one off lesson or as an after school club. More ... Business mentor for young people setting up a social enterprise e are seeking volunteers who can provide mentoring and advice around business start up for a group of young people who will be setting up a new sports social enterprise as part of a community initiative. More ... Volunteer at a Creche The Family Centre needs volunteer support throughout the week and we would like a minimum commitment of one day a week for two terms. More ... Volunteer your time to support a young person on work experience We are looking for people who have a variety of jobs to allow a young person to job shadow them and learn about their daily work and the industry they work within. More ... Improve young people’s money awareness Using an activity pack you help run through the different tasks and use practical examples and role-plays to help them explore the world of money. More ... Workplace talk and tour Introduce others to the world of work and welcome them to your office. Give an informal tour and talk about what you do. We need a variety of jobs and employers to come forward to tell others what you do. More ... Be a featured speaker for a senior school class Do you have a story to tell or could you share some information about your job role and/or sector? More ... Employability Workshop We seeking volunteers from the world of work who can help young people learn more about the process of finding work. The activities are all designed to encourage young people to think about their own career paths, learn more about employment options More ... Welcome to my school Create bilingual handmade books with school children who speak English as another language to support their literacy learning and celebrate the school’s diversity More ... Bengali online translators Help a school communicate better with parents by helping the school translate newsletters into Bengali More ... Mural artist Create a mural design for a school boys' toilets, inspired from the children’s own designs. There is also the option to be involved with consultations with school children / helping run an art session. More ... Reading helpers Help students with weak literacy skills or those who need extra support to ‘catch up’ in class by practicing their reading and comprehension skills More ... Environmentally-friendly Art and Design Volunteers with artistic skills to assist pupils in creating a mural or sculpture to reflect sustainability in their school More ... School vegetable patch/garden Help a local school prepare an area for growing fruit and vegetables and work with children to plant, care for plants and harvest their crops More ... Plastic bottle greenhouse Work with school children and teachers to build a greenhouse made from plastic bottles and a wooden frame More ...