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Herts Welcomes Refugees provides a range of assistance and support to refugees and asylum seekers across the county to complement that provided by local councils and the Refugee Council's ...
Volunteer befrienders, ESOL teachers and team members
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Summary
Volunteers needed to welcome & support refugee families & asylum seekers, roles include befriending, teaching English and working as a team to organise events.Detailed description
These roles are available:
Befriender - supporting a family or individual to settle into their new community - practising English, assistance with every day situations such as shopping, library visits, school enrolment.
ESOL teacher - providing structured ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) support to individuals or to small groups of refugees / asylum seekers. This can be face to face or online.
Team member volunteering at asylum seeker hotels - supporting with teaching English to adults and children (we can provide training), helping with events and activities such as art classes, cookery, outings.
Delivering bicycles - assisting our bike coordinator with rehoming second hand bikes to asylum seekers and refugees.
Bookkeeping support.
We have opportunities across Hertfordshire but there is a particular need in the following areas:
Hemel Hempstead - ESOL teachers
Welwyn/Hatfield - befrienders, ESOL teachers, team members
Broxbourne - ESOL teachers, team members
Watford & Three Rivers - befrienders
North Herts & Stevenage - befrienders, ESOL teachers, team members
We provide an induction for new volunteers along with basic ESOL training if you are new to teaching English. We will assist volunteers with getting a DBS certificate. We have a buddy system and run regular group sessions where our volunteers can get together to share ideas.
Volunteering with Herts Welcomes Refugees is a great way to make a positive impact in someone's life.