Volunteer Coach
Keen London
Our Volunteer Coaches are the backbone of a KEEN London session! You’ll provide one-to-one support to an athlete, helping them to access all the activities on offer, achieve their personal development goals, and of course have tons of fun! You can expect to get involved with a wide range of playground games, ball games, nature walks, and creative activities. From time to time, we also run trips for our athletes, and previous trips have included trampoline parks, high ropes courses, pedalo boatin
Our Volunteer Coaches are the backbone of a KEEN London session! You’ll provide one-to-one support to an athlete, helping them to access all the activities on offer, achieve their personal development goals, and of course have tons of fun! You can expect to get involved with a wide range of playground games, ball games, nature walks, and creative activities. From time to time, we also run trips for our athletes, and previous trips have included trampoline parks, high ropes courses, pedalo boating and slime-making classes. Tasks and activities ● You’ll support our athletes to engage with the session, and have fun while they’re doing it. ● You’ll help our Service Coordinators develop goals for our athletes, track their progress, and give them lots of encouragement along the way. ● You’ll work with your Service Coordinators and fellow Coaches to come up with new games, develop resources, and plan activities. ● We want our athletes to enjoy being active, making friends, and trying new things - and we want you to join in the activities with them! ● Our athletes love working with energetic and enthusiastic people, and we’ll ensure that all your hard work will be rewarded with a great time.
Sport & coaching,Support work
Initiative/Self Motivation, Verbal Communication, Teamwork
Skills appreciated are empathy, communication, patience, problem solving, positivity, a sense of humour, teamwork and collaboration. Previous experience of working with children is not a requirement but may be helpful.
KEEN London would not be what it is without the volunteers who support our work, and we want to ensure that all our volunteers gain just as much from their volunteering journey as they put into the charity. Here’s what you’ll get in return for supporting us: ● Regular volunteer social events, and opportunities to meet other coaches ● We will provide you with ongoing feedback and support to enable you to reach your full potential at KEEN, you will receive an induction and handbook prior to starting your role and you will receive access to a virtual training portal with additional resources. ● We will give you opportunities to access other roles to help you broaden your skills, such as becoming a Captain or Session Leader. ● Long-term volunteers receive t-shirts, badges, and advance sign-ups to our popular events ● We have a budget set aside to cover volunteer expenses (see Volunteer Agreement below) ● We will provide job/character references to volunteers after a reasonable period of volunteering with us.
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Choice of Hackney, Wembley or Lambeth
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