Every Tuesday night I volunteer at St Thomas Primary School for the Mencap Gateway Sports Club as a helper. Basically, its a saturday night at the pub for adults with learning difficulties, who obviously cant do such. My role is to help them with anything they want! It can be football, basketball, curling, snooker, drawing, bowls, knitting - literally anything! I admit I've never done any care work or worked with such a group before but it is an amazing experience, I think I've become the one they high five when things go well! I would recommend this to anyone - give it a shot, its an incredible experience and looks great on the CV!Every Tuesday night I volunteer at St Thomas Primary School for the Mencap Gateway Sports Club as a helper. Basically, its a saturday night at the pub for adults with learning difficulties, who obviously cant do such. My role is to help them with anything they want! It can be football, basketball, curling, snooker, drawing, bowls, knitting - literally anything! I admit I've never done any care work or worked with such a group before but it is an amazing experience, I think I've become the one they high five when things go well! I would recommend this to anyone - give it a shot, its an incredible experience and looks great on the CV!

Posted 16 years ago