Are you aged 16-19? Not working, training or in education?

Brook are looking for volunteers on their Sex Positive campaign. Sex:Positive is an online campaign to challenge and change society’s negative attitudes towards young people and their sexuality. The campaign is creating a movement of people who pledge to create a Sex:Positive future. So far over 2000 people ranging from sexual health professionals, MPs and celebrities, including boy band JLS, as well as young people have pledged.

The volunteer team will play a key role in assisting with Brook’s Sex:Positive national campaign and working with the local community. You will be a valued member of the Brook team and be included in opportunities to promote and develop Sex Positive, speak at high key events and network for the charity with high profile organisations and celebrities.

For 24 hours a week for 24 weeks you will gain experience working on national campaign, develop new skills and meet new people.

Hours: 24 Hours (4 days) per week

Duration: 24 weeks

Start Date: 3 September 2012

Location: Brook Southwark, 1 Amelia Street, London, SE17 3PY (Map) Near Elephant & Castle tube.

You will get:

Experience in:

- Working on and promoting a national campaign

- Working in sexual health

- Making sure that young people’s voices and opinions are heard

- Listening to and working with your local community

Training in:

- Work skills - communication, team work, IT systems, time management, admin

- Project specific skills - campaigning, public speaking, understanding sexual health

An Accreditation – get a qualification in Employability and Personal Development

Advice on planning your future

Volunteers can apply for a £250 Personal Development Grant to help them progress into further training, education or employment.

You will need to be

- Aged 16-19 years

- Not currently in employment, education or training

- Interested in sexual health

- Willing to learn and try new things

- Able to work as part of a small team

How to apply

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Naomi Sheppard:

Email: naomi.sheppard@brook.org.uk

Phone: 07500 786 765

This looks like a great opportunity with Brook to get some really good skills and experience! Would be great to have some trans / LGBTQ youth working on this project.

Galop, an organisation that gives advice and support to people who have experienced biphobia, homophobia and transphobia, are hosting their annual Treasure Hunt fundraiser!

We want to take along 10 trans young people (under 25) to form two teams and take part in the fun.

GI will pay for your entry fee  (worth £10!), your lunch and your travel. Email us at admin@genderedintelligence.co.uk if you want to come!

We need to know if you’re coming in advance so we can make sure we have a team together. Details below.

When: Sat 15 September 2012, From 1pm

Where: Soho, London (we’ll email you with our meeting point)

Grab your mates and maps and go buccaneering through the nooks and crannies of Soho and the West End solving clues, raising money for Galop, and having a rollicking good time!

Fastest team wins a goodly selection of prizes from Galop’s Treasure Chest*

*warning: some prizes may be better than others!

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW!

symphonies-of-the-overdosed:

Are you 16-25? Looking for a fun way to volunteer this summer? Interested in sexual and reproductive health? Well then, come on down, because we’ve got an opportunity just for you!

We’d like to start an EFC Tumblr page where young people create the content. This will mean re-blogging interesting posts you see on other sexual health sites but also writing short blogs, taking pictures or even creating videos for others to view and share.

There are two ways to get involved:
•    If you’re in London and can spare some time between now and September you can apply to be a core volunteer. This means we’ll give you some training on sexual and reproductive health issues as well as social media. You will be one of the key volunteers involved in setting up the Tumblr and deciding what we post on it.

•    If you’re outside of London or don’t have much time to spare you can be an online volunteer. This means we’ll ask you to email us with interesting things you’ve seen online, and you’ll be encouraged to create your own blogs on topics which interest you relating to sexual health, gender and sexuality and reproductive rights. This is a chance to be really creative, and we’ll send you suggestions and guidelines on what we’re after.

All volunteers will be given the resources and support and they need to take part. Core volunteers will have travel and food expenses covered. We can also award Amazon vouchers to those who remain involved with the project.

If you’re interested in getting involved please email efc@brook.org.uk for an application form and let us know if you’d like to be a core or online volunteer.

An interesting opportunity to volunteer with Education for Choice. Ideal for any young people looking to volunteer over the summer, especially those with an interest in sexual health and/or online blogging. 

SWS Summer School is an intensive 1-week introduction to community organizing and social change, taking place at sites across London from 7th – 14th July 2012. It is free. Watch this space for the curriculum and surrounding events will be launched soon.

The deadline for applications has been extended until Monday 2nd July. To find out more and fill in the application form, follow this link. (http://www.sowestand.com/2012/06/05/school-poster-may-6th-2012/)

The School is designed for young people who see and experience economic injustice, pollution and racism in their communities and want to find effective and creative ways of fighting for social justice. In particular, it is dedicated to building the skills of young; women, people of colour, disabled, working class, and LGBTQI people as the next generation of leaders in the social justice movement. So if you are aged 16 – 30 and want support in how to effectively tackle these issues (or know someone who does) then read on!

The objective of the School is to channel political anger into effective community organising and community self-defense by offering political education, skills sharing, popular education training and mentoring from some of the UK’s leading social and racial justice groups (http://sowestand.com/2012/05/09/so-we-stand-activism-summer-school-in-community-organising-and-social-justice-contributors/)

The School seeks to deepen our understanding of power and resistance in the UK and learn how to turn marginalisation and isolation into politically powerful support systems.

Taking place in sites of struggle across London, together we will share our knowledge, skills and experiences to enable long term strategic organising. The participants will be challenged with new ways of thinking, provocative speakers, inspiring mentors and fascinating guests with a deep understanding of engaging with the ‘head, heart and hand’. Following on from the School, participants can choose to be connected with diverse and tailored mentor opportunities for 1-3 months (and onwards) with leading UK grassroots communities and campaigners to deepen the practice of what you will have learnt.

From an email - interesting free event on social change / political action for young people. They’re particularly keen to get lots of LGBTQI people involved, so pass it on to anyone who may be interested.