Kirklees Volunteer Mentoring Project - 2024

Do you live or work in the Kirklees area? Are you seeking a student placement or volunteering opportunity?

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We are currently expanding our existing mentoring programme in Kirklees and now recruiting to expand our freelance sessional workers register. We are looking for volunteer mentor roles for our project that provides one-to-one support to young people at risk of Child Criminal Exploitation aged 11 to 19 who live in the Kirklees area.

 

Our mentoring project is funded via the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership and Safer Kirklees and has been running in Huddersfield since 2019. 

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Our community mentoring programmes aim to match a mentor with a young person and engage them into positive activities as well as a trusted adult to help navigate them away from negative influences or experiences. 

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We cover the expenses of our volunteers, including travel expenses, and provide training during your time with us. All we ask in return is a minimum of 2/3 hours commitment once a week to support a young person.  This can be in the evening, on the weekend, or during the day.

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All our mentors and volunteers must complete a full enhanced DBS and recruitment process and complete our induction and safeguarding training before any placement with a young person. 

 

It's not all work though! As a thank you to our volunteers and mentors' commitment we arrange socials throughout the year for all to attend. 

 

If you are interested or need more information & would like an informal chat about our roles, please don’t hesitate to contact us, we will be happy to arrange a time to discuss.

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You can also download our application form by clicking the link, here. 

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