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Role Detail

Community Safety Volunteer

Street Safe London

Providing a friendly, helpful and reassuring presence on Westminster Bridge.

Detailed Description

Volunteers will be providing a friendly, approachable and reassuring presence, signposting homeless individuals and other vulnerable people to support services. Providing reassurance, directions, and local information to visitors whilst offering practical crime prevention advice. Acting as a visible deterrent to opportunistic pickpockets and scammers targeting the vulnerable such as senior citizens and tourists. This role is preventative and observational where volunteers work in pairs and have a team leader on hand to help with any advice including dealing with questions from the public.

Activities you will be doing

Community Work

What skills are required for this role

Language Skills

Why these skills are required

To be able to speak English, any other languages are also useful. To be helpful, empathetic, non judgmental.

What is in it for you

You will receive training and mentoring, gaining valuable experience and transferable skills, Training will include Safeguarding awareness Data protection and GDPR De-escalation and personal safety techniques Observation and situational awareness Basic First Aid Bleed kit awareness and training

Time Commitment

Minimum of 4 hours at the weekend at least once a month.

SW1A 2JH

Westminster Bridge in Central London

Westminster Underground Station is the closest tube station.

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Application Process
Support you will receive
Role Type
Suitable For
18 and over
We Welcome
N/A
Location
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