Volunteering with the Green Hub Project for Teens

Like all community organisations, volunteers sit at the heart of what we do, so naturally we are really keen to talk to you if you have an interest in teenagers, mental health, or gardening. Or even all three!

Of course, spending time in the garden with our teenage volunteers is super important but there are other roles too, depending on your skills – we’ve listed some key roles that we are currently hoping to fill below. Whether it’s one of these, or something else you’d be interested in doing with us, your first step is to complete the simple form (below) and we will be in touch with you to discuss the options.

We also ask you to provide the details for two referees who can vouch for you. To help you to decide who to ask to be your referees…

  • Employers: this option is fine if you are either employed or have been so recently
  • Other professionals: this could include tutors, religious leaders or anyone else who knows you in their professional capacity
  • Personal friends: A character reference from a personal friend can provide useful information. Close family members are generally excluded

With humble thanks for your interest in our project.

         

Tone Tellefsen-Hughes & Vanessa Lanham-Day

Co-Founders & Co-Chairs 

Some key roles that we are currently hoping to fill

Click the links below to find out more about each role…

Garden Leaders & Garden Assistants>>
Support Volunteers>>

Apply here>>

Garden Leaders and Garden Assistants

Getting teens working in the Green Hub Garden is fundamental to the project.
 
At their sessions, groups of up to teens are supported by garden enthusiast adult volunteers. Sessions are led by a Garden Leader, who needs to have a good knowledge of horticulture, and supported by one or two adult Garden Assistants, who need to be interested in gardening (though not necessarily super experienced) as well as keen to help teens.
 
The adult Garden Team members are not expected to counsel or advise teens but, in providing a safe, low-stress environment with a focus on nature and group purpose, we hope that teens will naturally open up, chat with each other and find support in our community. They may just prefer to ‘be’, which is absolutely fine too. That said, you’ll definitely need to have a real interest in young people, as well as loads of empathy.
 
The sessions are currently on Saturday and Thursday mornings, although you aren’t asked to attend every week; we have a team, meaning that you are asked to commit to approx two sessions per month, although we do understand that holiday and work commitments mean that this isn’t always possible. 
 
Garden Co-ordinators and Managers
Pulling everything together for our Teen Garden sessions involves a lot of planning and prep, as you can imagine. Our philosophy is that we can get a lot of people doing a little, no one person becomes overwhelmed. If you have some time mid-week to help plan craft projects, plan some of the garden activities, or support the overall running of the process, we are delighted to know more about your skills and interest. Tell us on the online application form. 
 
Application date – ongoing
 

Support Team

Not everyone is cut out to work in the garden, or directly with teens. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t have something important to give.

We are still very much in our growing stages and our volunteer requirements are continually developing. So, if you like the sound of what we do and are keen to join our team, make contact and we can often develop a role to fit your skills. We have a whole range of requirements that fit under the ‘marketing’ banner, and others that are admin and operational. 

Ideally you need to be able to offer 2 to 4 hours a week, be IT literate and well organised. All roles are working from home to own timescales / availability.

These are the specific roles we are recruiting for at present: 

    • Volunteer training coordinator – it’s really important that we develop our adult team and getting them together for training sessions three or four times a year is really important. We have some great contributors we can call upon, but we need someone to drive this initiative to make sure our volunteers get the support and development they deserve.

Application date: Ongoing

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