There are a number of options for people who want to share their interests with other people and pass on their skills.

LEAP is a voluntary organisation which helps young people and adults who want to improve their literacy. Volunteer Tutors get training, the necessary resources and on going support from a licensed trainer. Tutoring is on a one to one basis.

Opportunities for volunteers to help with art and crafts classes, including oil painting, watercolour painting and textiles are available at the Active Age Centre in Woodchurch and the Society for the Blind and Partially sighted in Birkenhead.

People with computer skills can assist with IT training at day centres or hospitals, or there are opportunities for volunteers to help people who have had a stroke recover their speech.

At Ness Gardens, Volunteer Garden Guides help groups that visit the site in understanding and appreciating the wild life. Also Volunteer Education Guides work with school groups that come for educational visits, leading them around the gardens and helping in the Education Resource Room.

People with an interest in environment and conservation can get involved in the Tots Plots project, helping children grow organic food in mini allotments in primary schools around Wirral. Also the Mersey Basin Trust has schools liaison volunteers working with schools to help in river education studies.

Local primary schools often welcome volunteer classroom assistants to assist in a classroom, getting involved with reading, literacy, numeracy and display work.

 

 

Call Nikki on 0151 644 7577 for more information