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Tennis volunteer

Tennis volunteer
Organisation: Greater Together Manchester
Minimum amount of hours required:

1

Time for the opportunity:

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Description of opportunity:

 

Who we are:

Our Vision: to see people and communities all over Greater Manchester and Rossendale flourish and enjoy life in all its fullness.

Founded in 2015, our mission is:

  • To build effective partnerships in communities to bring about positive change by tackling poverty and transforming lives throughout Greater Manchester and Rossendale.
  • To enrich, inspire and equip communities with the skills, knowledge and confidence to bring about change in their localities, to help tackle social injustice and ensure that everyone can enjoy life in all its fullness.
  • To serve those who are most impacted by injustice in society, those living in poverty, and to help relieve financial hardship, by providing our own services where necessary, as well as providing information, advice and infrastructure support for other community projects.

 

What are we looking for: 

Skills required:

This volunteer role may be right for you if you are:

  • Sociable and friendly with people from all backgrounds
  • Able to organise people (or want to build your confidence to do this)
  • Interested in sport and physical activity 
  • Caring and empathetic 

We particularly value applications from volunteers with lived experience. 

No experience is required, but would be fantastic to have someone who can help with coaching participants!

What would you be doing?

Help run our Life Skills tennis sessions on Thursday afternoons from 3-4pm at Manchester tennis and football centre.

Our weekly tennis club is part of our wide programme of activities that make up our Life Skills project. Lifeskills provides a safe space for people have experienced homelessness, to learn new skills and build community. Tennis volunteers will support the Lifeskills coordinator with preparing for and running our tennis club. 

Volunteering activities:

  • Registering members
  • Signing people in
  • Ensuring health and safety guidelines are followed
  • Supporting with coordinating matches and warm ups
  • Handing out food and drink 
  • Helping to source spare kit
  • Supporting with developing the project
  • Raising any attendee requests for further support to the Lifeskills Coordinator
  • Following safeguarding protocols and ensuring any concerns are passed onto a staff member

We reimburse all out of pocket expenses. Induction training provided.

 

Location: Manchester tennis and football centre, Etihad Campus, 9 Sportcity Way, Manchester M11 3DU

There are currently no volunteer opportunities.