Inclusion and Disability Sports Volunteer
This grid shows when you can volunteer for this organisation. E.G Monday morning.
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The need for high level support means that we would really benefit from support from volunteers in helping these individuals engage with and enjoy the session. This may include things like passing them a beanbag or ball to throw, retrieving balls or beanbags, standing a meter or so away to very gently throw a sponge ball to land on a racket that the carer is helping the individual to hold, or providing prompts and reminders on the activity (example “Anne, see if you can drop the beanbag onto the giraffe picture”) for those who struggle to understand. We rotate weekly between sports, so one week we might play Boccia (but with sponge balls and beanbags as well as Boccia balls), another week we might play rounders using a short tennis racket as a bat, and a sponge ball, and another week we might do football with a giant inflatable stability ball. The volunteer would need a reasonable physical health to be able to pick balls up from the floor and join in with the games.
I will run a training session for volunteers where they can also ask questions, and where I can check that they are a good match for the session as it is really important to find the right people when working with such vulnerable and complex individuals. This is about their approach, their ability to communicate, and to be smiling and positive, and to always be age appropriate to the mental age of the attendees (which can be 3 upwards)
To be inclusive to all service users to enable interaction within the session. Communication skills. To provide support to the carer and service user to enjoy and participate in the activities