Programme Support

We would love you to bring your enthusiasm for supporting vulnerable young people and adults in a range of group programmes across our settings.

We would love you to bring your experience of practical skills such as cooking, baking, budgeting and household cleaning or maintenance skills to name but a few to help us deliver our group programmes.

Our Members are supported within our housing settings to build the skills to help them move on into their own accommodation and your ideas and efforts will help us to deliver and expand our growing programmes.

Benefits

• A chance to support vulnerable young people and adults in our local community to live happy and healthy lives
• Develop skills and a chance to enhance your CV
• Join a great team of like-minded people
• The opportunity to learn about and be part of a huge international YMCA movement

The YMCA Fairthorne Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Skills

• You like working with young people and have some experience of this
• You have a sense of fun
• You want to make a difference to our community
• You love the idea of making the children and families time in our environment something they will remember forever
• You are willing to follow YMCA Fairthorne Group procedures and complete a DBS check
• Diversity and equal opportunities policy
• Accessibility
• Age restrictions
• Child Protection
• Complaints Policy
• Confidentially Policy
• Health and Safety Policy
• Ongoing support
• Suitable for Duke of Edinburgh Award
• Suitable for Supported Volunteering
• Suitable for Under 16's
• Suitable for Under 18's
• Training provided
• Volunteers covered by insurance

When can I volunteer?

Start Date: 30/09/2025

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Location

The Lodge
Sandown Road
Shanklin
IOW
PO37 6HT

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