Volunteering with children and young people
Make a difference to a young person’s life by acting as a mentor or helping out at a local club.
- Volunteer to help young offenders
- Train to become an appropriate adult and accompany a young person while they are being interviewed by the police.
- Respite care for children with a disability
- We are looking for people with the energy, time and commitment to provide respite care – previous experience children with a disability is not essential.
- Mentoring
- Support young people leaving our care. Mentoring provides the young person with a contact person in the community who can spend a few hours a week helping and supporting them.
- School crossing patrols
- Helping children cross the road safely on their way to and from school.
- Walking bus
- Escort your child and their friends on the way to school. At least two volunteer parents accompany the walking bus as a ‘driver’ and ‘conductor’. Each bus also has reserve volunteers.
- Road awareness for children
- Volunteers are needed to help with pedestrian and cycle training.
- East Sussex Council for Voluntary Youth Service
- A wide variety of volunteering opportunities with children and young people.
- Volunteer Reading Help
- Help disadvantaged children develop a love of reading and learning – working in schools but outside the classroom.
- Prince's Trust
- Prince's Trust are looking to recruit personal mentors for the Eastbourne, Crowborough & Hastings areas.
- do-it
- If you can't find a volunteering opportunity that interests you, use the search on the home page of the do-it website.
