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0117 986 5659

Email Address

laura@keynshammencap.org.uk

Address

Queens Road Methodist Centre
Queens Road, Keynsham, BS31 2NN

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Volunteering with Children

Do you want to help support children with learning disabilities in your local community?

We run 3 weekly clubs dedicated to children with learning disabilities. The Clubs are extremely popular with our members and often top of the list for volunteers too. Clubs run on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings for children starting from 5 years old.

Anyone volunteering with children can expect a different experience every session, no two nights are ever the same. The children each have their own personalities. No matter what their ability, we ensure that everyone is included to join in within the sessions participating with each activity as little or as much as they are comfortable with.

Opportunities available

SENSations (Tuesday, for Children 5-11)

Tuesday night we have busy hectic sessions along with quiet ones. We have been trampolining at flip out, collywobbles playbus, a boat trip along the river Avon, picnic in the park, den building at Willsbridge Mill, along with quiet evenings like a relaxation evening, movie night with ice creams, fish & chips and making fish collages.
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Opportunities available

SENSations (Thursday, for Children 11-18)

Thursday evenings run similar to Tuesday club, we have visited the fire station, street dance lesson, water slides & bouncy castle, sparklers & hotdogs, we play skittles, visited Bath city farm, learnt some basic first aid, made videos using green screen.
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Opportunities available

Super Saturday Club (Saturday, for Children 5-18)

Super Saturday club runs term time only throughout the year.

We have members that join us that have all different disabilities and abilities, they are all of different ages from 5-18 years of age.

This is the professional part of this report…

SSC is about Fun, Safe Fun…..

We provide different activities each session ranging from Arts and Crafts to Bunking Broncos…we have trips out in the community… we encourage our members to engage with each other and have helped build many strong friendships.

We find the positives in each and everyone of our members and help build their confidence up and never give up!

All that said we can only provide all the above with SUPPORT from our loyal volunteers, any age, any skill, experienced or not we need YOU!

Guaranteed you will leave with a smile, granted a tired smile but a definite SMILE… and you will feel proud and you should do as our members need people like you!

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Why volunteer

Why you might want to volunteer with children

Keynsham Mencap volunteering opportunities satisfy many reasons why you might want to get involved, including these:

Career

Relevant and rewarding experience for your career choice

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CV

Volunteering can be a great addition to your CV

We Need you!

Keynsham Mencap relies on volunteers to continue supporting local children.

Rewarding

Choose to do something useful with your spare time instead of watching TV

Smiles!

Simply putting a smile on a child’s face is thrilling

Learn

Learn some new skills such as driving a mini bus or learning sign language

Challenge Yourself

Fancy a challenge? Its possible you may do things you’ve not done before

Social

Meet new and interesting people, both members and volunteers

Get involved

So what do you need to do to get involved?

If you are interested in volunteering with children contact Laura for an informal chat on 01179 865659 or emailing laura@keynshammencap.org.uk. Or apply online by clicking the button below
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Testimonials

See what other volunteers have to say

The best thing about volunteering is seeing the members enjoying the activities and building their confidence. If you’re considering volunteering do it, it’s fun, you meet new people and make new friends. It builds your confidence.

April

I love the warmth from the group every time you are with them! And how friendly everyone is to each other.  If you’re thinking of volunteering go for it and don’t be shy of trying it! You won’t regret it and the feeling afterwords will be 100% worth it. 

 Emily Rose

The best thing about volunteering is the satisfaction from the feeling of benefitting the children who go there. It has given me a much better understanding of how to act around someone with a disability.

Shannon