Volunteers wanted for Mental Health Gardening Session in Newbury

Volunteers wanted for Mental Health Gardening Session in Newbury

Posted for Sport in Mind

Posted by Volunteer Centre West Berkshire

Register your interest

You will be redirected to the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire website to express your interest.

Are you:

• Passionate about helping people in your community?
• A keen gardener?
• Friendly and approachable?
• Keen to expand your knowledge of working within Mental Health?
• Passionate about promoting the benefits of physical exercise and raising awareness of mental health?

If you answered yes to those questions, please get in touch - Sport in Mind would love to hear from you!

Volunteers are essential to the work we do at Sport in Mind, we have dozens of wonderful volunteers who assist our session leaders at sessions across the South East of England and without their help our sessions wouldn't be nearly as fun, engaging or beneficial for our attendees.

Volunteers at this session will be helping to care for a large allotment in Newbury and helping to deliver a fun, safe and welcoming atmosphere at a session aimed at adults experiencing mental health problems.

Sport in Mind are looking for friendly and approachable volunteers who can engage our service users and hold non-judgemental conversation.

It is preferable that you have good knowledge of gardening and allotments and also an awareness of the importance of physical activity for good mental health.

What skills do I need?

We'd like someone who wants to give back to their local community and help support adults with mental health challenges become more active to support their recovery and well-being. Ideally our volunteers will be caring, understanding, patient, nurturing an invested in promoting a positive experience for the participants. They do not need to be great at sport, but a passion for advocating the benefits of being active is super important!

Training, mentorship, and support given to all volunteers. All places are subject to meeting our safeguarding and health and safety policies and procedures.

• Ability to engage people in an activity
• Friendly and approachable
• Punctual
• Passionate about mental health and helping your local community
• Team-orientated
• Knowledgeable about gardening and mental health