Volunteering idea's?

VickyandChris

I am currently studying a Social and Community Development degree. As part of my studies I am required to do at least 100hours of volunteering in one of my modules. All of the places that I am interested in start in Jan. Which is no good as I only have between now and May to complete the 100hours. I have applied at homestart, my local surestart centre, the youth offenders institute.. but they are start in Jan

The type of volunteer work I am looking for is working with vulnerable children/youths as that is the line of work that I am looking into going once I have completed my degree.

I am going to still volunteer at homestart and the YOT as they very important to me. Just need something to do between now and then... Any ideas?

Also I live in the Milton Keynes area.

Owain_Moneysaver

100 hours less than 2 weeks if you do it full time. Homeless charities often run shelters or kitchens at Christmas where you could accumulate experience quickly.

Have you tried http://www.volunteermk.org.uk/ currently list over 100 opportunities for working in the children or youth sectors.

kitschkitty

Out of school care/provisions in deprived areas? Contact your council re youth work and adventure playgrounds, excluded children education provisions & anything else suitable! Any charities that do sports or arts for the above groups?

V_Chic_Chick

I'm not sure why starting in Jan is a major problem - you still have 5 months to do it in, which means you'll only be doing about 5 hours a week on average.

You might have to think a bit outside the box - I've seen city farms do some good work with vulnerable kids. Children's hospices (the siblings, in particular, could be classed as vulnerable, and children's hospices often do a lot of work with the siblings of the child with a life-limiting condition) could be another option.

VickyandChris

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

100 hours less than 2 weeks if you do it full time. Homeless charities often run shelters or kitchens at Christmas where you could accumulate experience quickly.

Have you tried http://www.volunteermk.org.uk/ currently list over 100 opportunities for working in the children or youth sectors.

I am a full time student as well as a parent. So full time isn't an option. I can do one full day a week.

Thank you for the website

SailorSam

http://www.goodmoves.org.uk/

http://www.do-it.org.uk/

Dunroamin

Sorry if I've missed something but 100 hours is about 12/13 days - there are 20 weeks in January to May so why is it a problem to start in January and do one day a week?

dizzyrascal

Have you checked if your university organises volunteering?
In the university where I work, this is done by the Students' Union and they do a great job.
They have a vast list of volunteering opportunities, they will CRB check you (which takes 6 weeks anyway) and they send around regular emails when they have new opportunities or to promote various schemes.
I would certainly be looking to do things in the Christmas break, it would build up your hours

VickyandChris

Thanks for the advise guys. My Uni has something called U:engage I have made an appointment to see them and I will check out those sites

Many Thanks

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