Youth Leaders are volunteers aged 22 and over who provide campaign mentoring to Youth Volunteers as part of the Stonewall Youth Volunteering Programme.
Youth Leaders are a key part of the Stonewall Youth Volunteering Programme providing support to the young people Stonewall works with as well as acting as role models. Each Youth Leader supports 2 Youth Volunteeers over a period of six months. The six month periods are from March to August and then from August to February each year so we recurit new Youth Leaders in January and June. Youth Leaders are given 6 hours training to prepare them for the role and are matched to Youth Volunteers. Youth Leaders and Youth Volunteers communicate at least once a fortnight via email and/or phone. Youth Leaders give the young people advice and guidance with their campaigns- which range from designing and displaying posters to delivering workshops in schools and sitting on local authority anti-bullying groups- and help them stay on track and focussed. The Youth Leaders are a crucial part of Stonewall’s work with young people- ensuring that the young people who volunteer for us are well supported and that they are effective advocates of the Stonewall messages.
We welcome Youth Leader applications from anyone aged 22 and over living in England. Stonewall works with a wide range of young people and we would like see similar diversity reflected in our Youth Leaders. It is important that the Youth Volunteers have the opportunity to engage with a wide range of adult role models so whatever your background or interest in the programme please get involved.
You can download a Youth Leader role description here.
Recruitment for this voluntary role is done on the basis of your application form. Please apply below. This role is very popular and unfortunately we are not able to offer everybody who applies a place on the programme.
We have now recruited all Youth Leaders for 2010. We will next be recruiting Youth Leaders in January 2011 for training in February 2011. You are welcome to apply to the programme at any point in the year and will be placed on a waiting list. We will then contact you in January 2011 to confirm your interest in the programme and whether you can attend the training. We will not be able to confirm whether your application has been successful until you have confirmed your interest in January 2011. The training dates for February 2011 are yet to be confirmed but all sessions will be held at the Stonewall offices in London on week day evenings.
For more information about being a Youth Leader please call Laurie Oliva, Youth Coordinator- 020 7593 1882.
Youth Leader Application Form
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