Community Participation

Just a reminder of the information given in assemblies this week......

Community Participation 

Pupils to complete 15 hours through being involved in a number of different things, examples include:

• Activities working to improve the environment of the school or community – recycling schemes, clearing waste ground, cleaning graffiti.
• Helping with younger pupils (in a school situation) - buddy schemes, coaching football, ICT support.
• Helping with the elderly in the community – organise tea dance, hold ICT courses for pensioners, organise a Xmas party.
• Act as volunteer for children/youth organisations –Brownies/Scouts/Guides, youth club, summer camps, Urdd, sports coaching, performing arts coaching.
• Charitable fundraising activities – prepare and sell products/service, organise and perform a musical/drama production, sponsored activities.
• Produce a product for local organisation – paint a mural in local hospital, make plant holders for care home garden, make a sensory garden for a Special school. 
• Carry out volunteer work in a placement - nursing/residential home,day centre, nursery, playgroup, charity shop.
• Volunteering section of the Duke of Edinburgh award.

Examples of volunteering website include:-

http://www.vvb.org.uk/

http://www.volunteering-wales.net/

http://www.gwirvol.org/

http://www.csv.org.uk/?display=volunteering

http://www.wcva.org.uk/