- Residential Volunteering
- Opportunity start date: 15th March 2024
- Opportunity end date: 11th September 2024
Description
-About Organisation-
At Over The Wall, we help children, young people and their families, reach beyond the boundaries of their health challenges to discover a world of mischief, magic and new possibilities. We do this by providing free of charge, transformative activity camps throughout the UK.
-The Role-
You will be part of the Media Crew at an Over The Wall residential camp, supporting and empowering children and young people with long-term health conditions.
For children and young people experiencing health challenges, their quality of life is adversely affected by isolation and their inability to participate in many of the everyday activities enjoyed by their friends and peers. This often results in a growing lack of self-esteem and confidence which can become a barrier to future growth and development.
At our residential camps, we offer a medically and physically safe environment that allows young people affected by health challenges to step outside of their comfort zones, establish friendships and build their confidence through meaningful and exciting activities.
-Scotland Camps-
5th-7th July for the Family Camp at Strathallan School, Perth, PH2 9EG. This camp is for families to come together, as long as one child or young person is aged 8-17 years. Accommodation at Strathallan School is indoor beds, not tents!
8th-12th July for the Health Challenge and Siblings Camp at Strathallan School, Perth, PH2 9EG. This camp is for children or young person aged 8-17 years with a health challenge and / or their siblings to attend. They will be allocated a team based on age (8-10, 11-13, 13-15 and 15-17) and all activities will be targeted to their age group. There will also be medical care run by our own nurses, with the help of doctors, nurses and paramedics doing home from home care.
-Role Description-
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to capture all the magic moments of camp! We will provide you with the equipment and time to capture and collate the spectacular moments at camp. You will put these together to create a slide show which is shown at the end of camp to everyone to look back on all the transformative experiences they had at camp.
The media crew will also be assigned a cabin group to support outside of media duties. When supporting a cabin group, you will be in a team of fantastic volunteers building fantastic relationships with campers. You may also be empowering campers during activities, sitting with campers at mealtimes, and encouraging campers during evening ‘cabin chats’.
Do you have some photographic or videography experience and have a flair for capturing special moments? If you are looking for an amazing and rewarding experience where you can help put the child back into childhood, whilst having lots of fun, then apply to be part of the Media Crew now!
-Other Information-
Volunteers will be supported before and during camp to ensure you have all the information you need for camp to be a great experience for you and the campers. Pre-camp calls will be organised for you to ask questions and meet other volunteers. You will be asked to arrive at camp one day early (or 10am on Friday for Family Camp) to complete training, such as Safeguarding and
Behaviour Management. Lastly, any new volunteers will also be placed with experienced volunteers and a support team will be present at all times.
If you are interested please click the ‘apply’ button below (available when logged in and registered). You will then be contacted by the coordinator by email. If you have not heard back after 5 working days, the first step is to contact the organisation with the contact details provided. You could also check your junk/spam folder on your emails just in case the response is there. If that doesn’t work out then please feel free to contact Volunteer Glasgow at 0141 226 3431.
There is plenty of parking onsite as well as taxi pickups from nearby train stations. If you live nearby and would like to stay in your own accommodation, you can apply to be a Day Camp Volunteer!
Please visit www.otw.org.uk to find out more and contact volunteering@otw.org.uk if you have any questions.
Organisation aims and objectives
Over The Wall is a national UK charity providing free of charge therapeutic recreation camps to help children with life limiting illnesses and their families reach beyond the perceived limitations of illness to rediscover a whole new world of possibilities.
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Restrictions
Experience required: No formal qualifications are required, but we are looking for volunteers who possess excellent communication skills, who can work effectively in a team, and who have a sense of fun! Our volunteers are positive, supportive, enthusiastic, dependable and passionate about helping children and young people affected by long-term health conditions.
Knowing the transformative impact role models can have, we want to ensure that our volunteers are reflective of our campers in terms of visible and non-
Travel details: There is plenty of parking on site, and we organise taxi pickups from nearby train stations.
Minimum age: 18
Support
Support:
Wheelchair Access/Disabled Access Toilet