Volunteering opportunities for dd

[rootberry764]

My dd finishes her GCSE’S in the middle of June and has a month before her holiday and she wants something to do with the time as she’s not overly sociable and even if she did spend time with her friends it would be evening. I was thinking of a volunteering job somewhere something to add to her CV yet preferably not charity shop work as she has done that previously and our local charity shop doesn’t have the most pleasant manager. I’ve no idea where she could apply or enquire as when I DS tried to find (who is doing his a levels )some work experience for the Easterholidays every place said it went against insurance policies or they don’t like people under18/21 !
Also she can’t do NCS or the Challenge as it clashes with our holiday and her college induction/enrolment.

A food bank? Animal shelter?

Libraries often use volunteers for setting up the summer reading scheme.

You will struggle if she's under 18 I'm afraid. One of our local hospitals is set up to take 17yr olds to do very basic volunteering if they are thinking of a medical career but that's about it.

( eldest did charity shop work as d of e volunteering, youngest is counting her choir role it wouldn't work otherwise)

Trouble is not only health and safety but also crb type checks for working with any "vulnerable" groups eg kids, elderly disabled etc and T the moment these cost the organisation money to do.

Both of my teenagers have volunteered at our local library. How about your local primary school or Brownies. Riding for the Disabled if she's into horses. If there's a local lunch club for OAPs/homeless they might need help with cooking/washing up. How about approaching your local church.
Good luck with finding something.

ls there a local men cap (a charity for people with learning disabilities)? almost all the volunteers in the children's services are under 18.
It looks good for medicine and nursing as it's a challenging type of care.
They usually have an after school club most evenings and a holiday club. they will pay for your crb.
you can turn up when you can at the after school club, so if you have an hours journey from school then it's no problem to get there at half 4 and be there til they finish at 6. you can do as many evenings a week as you like.

It's worth trying the do-it website - www.do-it.org.uk/articles/about-volunteering/volunteering-for-under-16s this section has ideas for under 16s or you can just use the main search - www.do-it.org.uk .

My dds have found the local Cats Protection league very welcoming (though I realise they aren't everywhere) and I've found our local council has a volunteer service matching up all ages with a variety of opportunities, it may be worth checking with your local council.

HTH

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Dd has helped at a sen playscheme on saturdays and in school holiday since she was 12. She helps at the sen swim club some of the children attend.

What does she hope to do career-wise? It would be helpful if she could get some experience in an associated field - although people might only be able to offer a week or so.

National Trust often offer summer holiday volunteering opportunities, doing all sorts of things.

Is their a local hotel nearby they may be grateful of extra pair of hands in peak time ?