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Lewisham CommUNITY Space is a wellbeing and activity centre in the heart of Lewisham shopping centre.We provide a warm shelter, hot food, free activities, and practical support with issues like housing, debt, and benefits.We are a space to make friends, chill out, and we also offer a jam-packed schedule of weekly physical activity sessions led by a team of fantastic coaches including…
Description
Offer a warm welcome to community members, encouraging them to use the space. Offer teas and coffees, entertain children and youth, generally make the space friendly, comfortable, and engaging.
Volunteers are free to make changes and be creative with our use of the space. All ideas are welcome, especially as you may hear back from service users about what we can do better!
Duties
Befriend community members that may be isolated or needing support. Direct them to our services, food support, or anything else they may need. Flag customers that may be urgent or in great need.
Keep the space clean and tidy at all times.
Serve hot meals, tea and coffee.
Encourage participants to get involved in our physical and social activity sessions.
Who will the volunteers be working with?
Volunteers will be working with the local community, a huge variety of demographics. We receive a lot of vulnerable people through our doors - the homeless, refugees, at risk young people, etc.
Training
We will provide a volunteer induction, and ongoing supervision. We also hold quarterly volunteer meetings for feedback and support.
We also offer training in areas such as safeguarding, boundaries, and mental health support.
We also offer training in areas such as safeguarding, boundaries, and mental health support.
Time commitment
Ideally a volunteer will commit to the same shift each week, of at least 4 hours.
Some volunteers choose to work one day or multiple days per week.
Some volunteers choose to work one day or multiple days per week.
Application deadline