Fortnightly afternoon social club on Saturdays during term times. A great place for brand new volunteers to get to know Kith & Kids.
What are they? Where & When Sign Up
A different sort of club
What makes this club different from other social clubs for people
who have disabilities is the level of individual support and
structure. Volunteers linking 1:1 or 2:1 with participants offer a
high level of support and active engagement.
Sessions led by three professional therapists or creative workshoppers provide a structure planned according to the needs of the individual. The structure is flexible so that people can opt out and do a different type of activity if they want (e.g. play a board game or relax with a cup of tea and chat).
An excellent place to start
For volunteers who would like to get involved sooner rather than
later, or who would just like to try out an afternoon to see if this
is the kind of thing for them – this is a really good place to
start. We tend to team new volunteers with those who already have
some experience and together they support the individual with a
disability to participate in the various activities. A friendly
atmosphere and guidance from club-leaders will help you find your
way in.
"When I phoned the Kith & Kids office and they told me I could
have some training and just see where I wanted to go from there, I
thought 'what have I got to lose?'. I went, and the short training
session was really useful: both thought-provoking and practical.
Their ground-rule that nobody needs to do anything they're not
comfortable with felt really good to me. I stayed for the
afternoon and worked alongside a volunteer who had done this
before. We supported a young lad who had quite severe disabilities
and I wasn't sure how he could get involved. The music workshop
changed all that! You should have seen him banging the drums we
held up for him and playing the keyboard! He loved it. And the
whole group responded so well to his enthusiasm. I want more
experiences like that".
Robert (32, computer programmer)
If you would like to join us and volunteer on our Weekend Clubs,
then please Sign Up below.
Please note:
● We'll be holding regular informal online interviews from
mid-April
● We'll be holding face-to-face training from May with
lots of date options
Sign Up Now! and we'll send you details later of how you
can:
● Book a 30-min informal online interview with us
● Send us info for your free DBS check
● Access our bite-size online training modules to get you
started
Please note minimum age for Weekend Club volunteers is 18 years
old.
Please note that volunteers applying to work with us need to be
UK-based with a UK address - we are unable to support with
sponsorship for UK visas. Do please contact us once you're living
in the UK.
In-person Training
We'll be running a series of training sessions starting in
May; there will be a few different date options.
We'll ask you to come to two of these; at the second session we hope
you'll meet and get involved with some of our participants.
We can offer travel expenses to volunteers.
