Volunteering for Tiggers
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Volunteers Wanted - Updated October 2009
We currently have positions vacant :
Drivers
We need drivers who will be willing to be MIDAS trained to drive our Mini-bus.
Assistant Welfare Officer
We need an Assistant Welfare Officer who must be willing to undertake training.
Grants and Bids writer
A Grants and Bids writer to help to gain necessary funds to keep Blackpool Tiggers going.
Holiday Co-ordinator
A Holiday Co-ordinator to produce a holiday programme.
Assistant Treasurer
An Assistant Treasurer to assist in financial matters.
Health & Safety Officer
Also, A Health & Safety officer to incorporate Risk Assessment.
These positions will come with training therefore, increasing employability.
We always have vacancies for volunteers and their contribution is valued and a great part of what makes Tiggers tick. As well as helping Tiggers volunteering is a valuable way of gaining experience in a wide spectrum of activities. Each volunteer is allocated a role and is given training tailored to the role. Regular volunteer meetings and social events are held.
Qualified? Trained? You can be.
Our volunteers and members receive certificated training such as:
British Gymnastics: Assistant Coaching, Coaching, Disability Add On, Club, Senior Club, Equity in Your Coaching, Time to Listen.
Sports Coaching, Therapy, Reward and Recognition
Sports - Yoga, Martial Arts, Football, Sports Therapy.
Therapeutic: Halliwick, Nordoff Robbins, Rebound, Afasic, British Sign Language(Makaton).
Risk Management: Crisis Intervention, British Red Cross, Manual Handling, Paediatric First Aid, Life Saver, Risk Assessment, Child Protection Therapeutic:- Halliwick, Nordoff Robbins, etc.
Transport: MiDAS drivers, PATS escorts.
Management: Charity Governance, Admin, Business etc.
Induction Training
There will be induction training for volunteers. Dates for 2009 to be announced.
Please call or e-mail to confirm your place.
If you have not yet had induction training and you can't make the above times, please send details of days and times that would be suitable and a further session may be arranged if there is sufficient numbers.
The training will be:-
Background to why Tiggers started
Information on why Trampolining 'works' What you can expect as a volunteer
What we expect from you (the 'deal'!)
Forward look for what we'd like to achieve and how we'd like you to help
Q & A answer session on concerns, ideas etc.,
The training will not be repeated until at least January, so please do try to attend one of the sessions provided. Passing from probationary to full volunteer status may be affected if no training opportunities are taken.
Specific urgent volunteer vacancies are listed below. However if you want to be involved in any way please give us a call on the Tigger Hotline.
Our volunteers speak of how rewarding it is and coupled with our training programme will give you useful life and job skills.
This is what one volunteer said after 12 months with Tiggers
Volunteering for Blackpool Tiggers and Preston Tiggers was a great experience, hard work, fun and rewarding. It also helped with medical school applications as it was a little different from working in a nursing home like the other 400 people you are competing against. It also gave me a much bigger insight into the patient based aspect of my course. Having seen the daily struggles experienced by many of the children and families at Tiggers, I found I had a great advantage over my fellow students in understanding what people wanted from their doctors. It also helped me develop many of the communication skills needed for my future career, wether this be serving on a committee or communicating with the children. I found many patients, especially old men, have to be treated in much the same way as the children! However, most importantly I had a great time and cant wait to help out again in summer.