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Volunteer placements helping the next generation to learn about the environment
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Posted: May 10, 2007
Four young people have been given the opportunity to indulge their passion for education and the environment, thanks to the new ‘V placement’ scheme at Skelton Grange Environment Centre in South Leeds.
The six-month placements provide a small living allowance, allowing the young people to volunteer at the environmental education centre full-time and gain invaluable work experience, training and an NVQ in Environmental Conservation. They have been involved in everything from running minibeast hunts for primary school children, to counting frogs, toads and newts in an amphibian survey of the centre’s wildlife area!
Funding for the placements is provided by National Grid and matched by volunteering charity V, who aim to get a million more 16-25s volunteering by 2010. The Centre is a partnership between BTCV and National Grid, with support from Leeds City Council.
Jamie Giannakas, Francine Kershaw, Lewis McNeill and Susanna Wallis all hope to work in the environmental sector in the future, and are quickly gaining the experience they need to get a foothold in this competitive area.
“We’ve had a brilliant time working at Skelton Grange, and learnt loads of new skills”, said Jamie. “I’ve just heard that I’ve now secured a job surveying wildlife, and my experience on the V scheme has certainly helped with this!”
Four more placements will be available at the centre starting from July – interested young people should visit Skelton’s website at www.skeltongrange.org.uk for more details.
Funding for the placements is provided by National Grid and matched by volunteering charity V, who aim to get a million more 16-25s volunteering by 2010. The Centre is a partnership between BTCV and National Grid, with support from Leeds City Council.
Jamie Giannakas, Francine Kershaw, Lewis McNeill and Susanna Wallis all hope to work in the environmental sector in the future, and are quickly gaining the experience they need to get a foothold in this competitive area.
“We’ve had a brilliant time working at Skelton Grange, and learnt loads of new skills”, said Jamie. “I’ve just heard that I’ve now secured a job surveying wildlife, and my experience on the V scheme has certainly helped with this!”
Four more placements will be available at the centre starting from July – interested young people should visit Skelton’s website at www.skeltongrange.org.uk for more details.
