Want to volunteer with children/ young adults: suggestions

maggie_cork

hi all

I will be starting the PDE soon and depending on my work schedule throughout the year I would love to get involved in volunteering with children and young adults. there is a youth club in my area which i might look into, but I would like to get involved with people perhaps in non mainstream education.

Does anyone have any suggestions of organisations what I could look into?

i'm also going to look into youthreach.

to add: I have a humanities degree, 2 years experience of working in a school abroad.

any suggestions would be welcomed

thank you

purplepapillon

Hey Maggie,

SVP do grinds and homework clubs and stuff in Dublin. I see you're in Cork, so I'm sure they have something of the sort there.

Best of luck!

maggie_cork

ooh great, thanks I will look into them in the coming weeks.
thanks again

tvnutz

www.citywise.ie

They run tons of different programmes for kids in Jobstown of all ages. A lot of primary school stuff but they also run a programme called Mid-School which is for Junior Cert kids who are outside the general education system.

I did a jobsbridge internship there when I couldn't find work and it ended up helping me get hours in a school. Its all volunteer and charity funded, no government funding. Worth looking into if you want experience, and it definitely is experience as these kids aren't exactly easy to teach!

Edit: Just realised you are in Cork so probably not much use to you!

maggie_cork

hey Tvnuts.. thanks for that though.

keep the suggestions coming