At a glance

Skills

Event management
Health and safety
Safeguarding
Advice / Advocacy
Social care / Counselling

Where

London, WC2E 8BE

Mainly at the office

Travel limit? We can pay for reasonable travel expenses

Time

Mostly outside office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week At present our sessions are running 6.45-7.45pm fortnightly on Tuesdays. We are also planning to offer sessions 6.45-.7.45pm fortnightly on Thursdays.

Deadline

23 May 2025

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

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The main aims of the Workshop lead volunteer role will be to lead the workshops. Being the main point of contact on the day, looking after participants welfare and safeguarding, supporting behaviour and being welcoming.

What will you be doing?

The main aims of the Workshop lead volunteer role will be to lead the workshops. Being the main point of contact on the day, looking after participants welfare and safeguarding, managing for example sensory overload or shutdowns and being welcoming.

Being the main point of contact on the day (answering participants messages)
Arriving to the workshop at least 15 minutes beforehand to set up and meet the class teacher
Setting up the space
Welcoming participants
Looking after participants welfare
Safeguarding lead
Managing for example sensory overload or shutdowns
Can attend fortnightly sessions - Tuesday evenings 6.30pm to 8.00pm

We have received funding from Sports England to run regular fitness classes. Currently spin classes every other Tuesday and soon HIIT and boxing every other Thursday.

The charities objectives are:

providing or assisting in the provision of recreational, learning or leisure activities for dyspraxic young people by holding monthly meetings
raising awareness of dyspraxia by holding a yearly dyspraxia awareness event during Dyspraxia Awareness Week.
supporting dyspraxic young people’s mental health by building a peer support network

What are we looking for?

Trained in safeguarding and confident in being a safeguarding lead
Knowledge of neurodivergence and specifically dyspraxia
Experience in managing sensory overload or shutdowns
Knowledge of GDPR
Experience in leading events and workshops

What difference will you make?

Dyspraxic Me offers dyspraxic young adults the chance to take part in a series of workshops that help them develop useful skills for adulthood for example cooking, sports and social skills. Participants help to inform the sessions by having opportunities to suggest what sessions they would like to attend and would find beneficial. Sessions have included cooking, cycling, social skills, employability skills and art; we usually organise a social picnic each year. Every year we organise events for Dyspraxia Awareness Week to raise awareness of dyspraxia.

Dyspraxic Me started in June 2013 and has been delivering workshops since February 2014. Dyspraxic Me is a trustee volunteer run registered charity with 5 trustees including the founder of the group. Trustees and volunteers play an active role in the daily running of the charity. Dyspraxic Me has plans to grow to support more dyspraxic people.

About Dyspraxic Me

Causes

Campaigning

Learning disabilities / difficulties

Voluntary sector support

Young people

Organisation type:

Charity

Dyspraxic Me is a peer group for young dyspraxic adults. Presently we meet monthly in London (usually in Lambeth) and take part in a wide range of activities that people with dyspraxia might find...