Forest School Assistant
Stewartstown Community Group
- Age: 18+
- Forest outside Stewartstown
- Access NI required
Hours
Thursday morning 2-4hrs
Minimum commitment 3mths
Where we are
Forest outside Stewartstown
About the Volunteer Opportunity
The volunteer will meet the forest school leader and be introduced to the woodland area before they start volunteering. They will be given an introduction to forest school pedagogy and their role description will be outlined to them.
• Fire lighting – learn to gather tinder, kindling and fuel to light a fire and keep it going during forest school sessions.
• Prepare a snack on an open fire.
• Whittle sticks using a vegetable peeler or bushcraft knife to make bread on a stick.
• Assist in Forest School set up – help with general set up of water area (transporting water) erect and take down tarpaulins, assist leader in building dens, leading a craft using basic bushcraft tools.
The opportunity happens at a woodland just outside of Stewartstown and volunteers will have to arrange their own transport. No travel expenses are available.
There is a lot of physical labour in the set up of the forest school and a lot of jobs the need completed during sessions. Most of the committee are elderly and don’t have the ability to lift and cut broken branches, pull out bramble, make bug hotels (habitats for insects using wood clearing), transport water and other manual jobs.
About the Organisation
Stewartstown Community Group creates social opportunities for the elderly, parents and preschool aged children. They organise local meet ups and are supported a local forest school teacher set up a forest school parent toddler group.
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Register your interest
Volunteers may be required to complete an Access NI disclosure for some volunteering roles. A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a volunteer position.
