Volunteering

As well as providing opportunities for young people the project offers an extensive range of volunteering opportunities for all sections of the community. Volunteering can be a wonderful way to gain experience that will help to:

• Secure future employment
• Learn new skills
• Gain accredited qualifications
• Meet new people
• Have fun

As a volunteer you play an important and decisive role in the project that has a real impact on the local community. Volunteers are crucial to the development of long term sustainable sessions that the whole community can enjoy by developing positive relationships with young people and dispalying themselves as a positive role model to follow. There are many different forms of volunteering with each being an essential role that will help to have an impact on the community:

• Coaching young people at sport sessions
• Providing administartion assistance
• Helping to deliver informal education programmes through fun quizzes
• Becoming a volunteer minibus driver
• And more

The role of a volunteer is an important position that will bring you into contact with young people. As a result there is an application proces that has to be gone through and includes:

• Completing a Nacro Volunteer Application Form
• Completing a Criminal records Bureau Check
• Informal meeting with Project Staff

To begin the Process of becoming a volunteer please go to the Documents Page and download, complete and return the Volunteer Application Form to the project. As a volunteer the project then provides a full induction programme that supports each of its volunteers to develop their skills and abilities to work within the community and includes:

• Child Protection training
• Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training
• Sports Coaching Qualification
• Regular Support and Supevision 

For more information or an informal chat about volunteering please feel free to contact the project.

For technical support please visit the online

support site www.help.ik.com