Children's Activity Support - Group Helper (Supporting Sedgemoor social kitchen for 10-18 year olds in Somerset)

Barnardo’s is committed to providing ‘Better Outcomes for More Children’. Our children’s services volunteers help the charity to deliver essential services in local communities, providing support to over 300,000 children, young people and their families. This role provides a great opportunity to join our fantastic children’s services and help make a real difference.

Children’s Activity Support volunteers work across a range of groups, from Children’s Centre’s with pre-school children and Short Breaks services for children with disabilities, to Mental Health Support Groups and Young Carers Groups.

Do you have a passion for food? Are you keen to pass on your skills and knowledge in the kitchen to young people? Are you free on a Wednesday and/or Thursday evening? If so, come and join us at our social kitchen in Sedgemoor for children and young people aged 10-18 years old in Somerset Sedgemoor For Our Future (SFOF) is a new service that has been co-designed by local young people and is part of Barnardo’s partnership with the Co-op. The partnership has three key aims:

• Improve young people’s mental wellbeing
• Improve access to basic needs (food)
• Improve access to opportunities

SFOF runs 2 groups per week, where young people aged 10-18 can come together and:

• Learn to cook
• Eat together
• Make new friends and connect
• Talk about things that are important to them
• Play games
• Learn new skills
• Develop confidence and teamwork skills. The groups need volunteers to support with the above activities on Wednesdays and/or Thursday from 4pm until around 6:30pm. We are looking for someone with a passion for food and cooking to support us with our sessions. Even better if (but not essential!) if you could support us with creating recipes from redistributed surplus food as our aim is to be sustainable and destigmatise the use of surplus food.

For more information please contact: caroline.brennen@barnardos.org.uk 07521 393 858

We are looking for volunteers, with a passion for making a difference in children’s lives, a fun and approachable attitude and an ability to engage young people in worthwhile and enjoyable activities.