Volunteer walk leaders for Richmond health walks
Richmond Health Walks
As a volunteer walk leader, you will be helping people in your community to get more active and healthy, providing vital support that they otherwise might not get. As well as ensuring walks are friendly, safe and well run, Walk Leaders are also ambassadors for Walking for Health - showing people that walking really can make a big difference to their lives. Free training in the role is given. You don't need any particular experience just an enthusiasm for walking and it's benefits.
As a volunteer walk leader, you will be helping people in your community to get active and healthy, providing vital support that they otherwise might not get. As well as ensuring walks are friendly, safe and well organised, walk leaders are also ambassadors for Walking for Health - showing people that walking really can make a big difference to their lives.
Advice, Information & Support,Community Work,Environmental,General & Helping
Admin, Basic IT skills - internet & email, Managing People, Organising & Planning, People Skills
www.richmond.gov.uk/health_walks#walks_leader Volunteer Leaders need to be friendly, welcoming, with good communication skills, reliable, punctual, well organised, confident to speak in front of small groups, able to take control and be assertive when needed and observant and sensitive to the needs of others as well. We would like a walk leader to help with walks a minimum of once per month, time given up is typically 1.5 to 2 hours ( 1hour walk with travel or admin time)
www.richmond.gov.uk/health_walks#walks_leader Exploring our lovely local open spaces with a friendly, social group of walkers. Flexible commitment, we operate a rota system and you can volunteer whenever you want to and as often as you want to. Free walk leader training Quarterly meetings with all other walk leaders with tea and sandwiches. Opportunity to meet new people and become more physically active yourself.
It would be ideal if you are able to lead or back mark and help with walks, once or twice a month or more if your commitments allow. Very flexible re days and walks selected.
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For details of Richmond Health Walks timetables and full information about the volunteer roles: www.richmond.gov.uk/health_walks In general: Richmond, Richmond and Bushy Parks; Mortlake Riverside & Ham
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