Children and Young People’s Outreach team

Volunteers are an important and valued part of Leeway. We offer you: 

 •  An introduction to the charity and your team/project/role 

 •  Any training for your role, as stated in the role description 

 •  After three months of your help on a regular weekly basis, we can supply a reference 

 •  Support, feedback, appreciation and encouragement 

 •  To solve any problems as best we can 

 •  Free refreshments when you are on shift 

 •  Respect your dignity and treat you with kindness 

 •  Make use of your skills and talents and help you to develop new ones, if desired 

 •  Reimburse you for your travel expenses, 

 •  Ensure volunteering opportunities best suit your needs and Leeway’s needs 

 •  Keep you up-to-date with information concerning your role and the charity 

 •  A safe volunteering environment including covering you with insurance whilst you are 

     volunteering 

 •  Equal opportunities and fairness 

 •  Protect your personal information, holding it confidentially.

Opportunities

• Monitor and respond to email enquiries around our service and our healthy relationship programmes, including keeping a record of these. 
• Research places we can deliver the Healthy relationship group work programme delivered in schools and community spaces. 
• Researching positive messages, we can share via our social media accounts. 
• Researching services, we promote on our websites and finding new ones we can include. 
• Supporting our groups/wellbeing events 
• Taking information and leaflets about our service to events in your local area to promote Leeway and our CAYPO service. 
• Attending drop ins to offer information and access to resources. 
• Support for admin and data collection for social media accounts 
• Supporting our culture of participation by capturing the voice of young people to continuously improve our service by collating feedback from groups and one to ones. 
• Keeping a record of any enquiries  

Location: Our locations are confidential, once you have completed the confidentiality form, locations can then be disclosed.  

Support: We provide full support and guidance while you are volunteering and offer travel expenses, this role may include travel. 

Training: You will be given an induction to the charity, and training which includes Domestic Abuse Awareness, DASH Risk Assessment, Professional Boundaries & Confidentiality and Befriending.  

DBS checks will need to be carried out.