Education Volunteer (Water Safety in North Wales)

Be an ambassador for the Trust, engaging children in the important message of Water Safety! Become a valued member of our Education Team, make new friends and learn more about the waterways.

We are looking for volunteers to help deliver our water safety campaign through assemblies in primary schools and uniformed groups across the region. It also involves delivering our water safety message at secondary school safety as part of multi-agency events.

Areas include: Flintshire, Wrexham, Conwy, Denbighshire and Gwynedd.

We give you full training and provide resources for leading groups of children, with a number of training days and team meetings. You will have the support of a Learning & Skills Co-ordinator as well as the other volunteers in your team. We reimburse you for all travel costs.

This role involves regulated activity with children and adults at risk, as defined by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Therefore, an Enhanced Criminal Record check will be undertaken and references will be sought. A criminal record is not always a bar to volunteering with us.

Why we want you

Being an Education Volunteer is a rewarding experience. The role is full of variety, flexibility and a lot of fun! We inspire children and young people about our canals and rivers, using the waterways as a tool to build life skills, raise aspirations and connect children with the great outdoors.

You might be doing one of the following things:
Leading school and group trips in the great outdoors.
Delivering life saving water safety education to children.
Delivering hands-on workshops to Girlguiding and Scouting groups - And much more!
Leading Water Safety Assemblies
Leading STEM acitivities

You will need to be able to volunteer flexibly to respond to group requests, committing to 3 or 4 activities a month (usually during school hours and term-time).

What you will be doing

The skills you need

What's in it for you