Volunteers needed to help young people leaving the care system in Middlesbrough to enjoy a traditional Christmas day.
We believe everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy a Christmas with presents, dinner and lots of fun.
We’re looking for up to 30 volunteers to help out with a range of tasks on 24 December, to set up our venue and help prepare the meal.
We will require the same number of volunteers again on Christmas Day to keep our guests company and make them feel welcome, encourage them to participate in any activities, serve the meals and clear up at the end of the day.
Volunteers don’t have to be available to volunteer on all these dates, or in fact all day on any of the dates.
There are no specific qualifications or experience you need to volunteer with The Christmas Dinner but you need to be reliable and have a friendly, positive attitude.
We would also like to hear from people who have experienced care themselves; this could be residential care, foster care or adoption.
We’re looking for people to fulfil the following roles:
Helpers:
It takes a lot of work to get the venue ready for the Day, and our volunteer Helpers play a hugely important role in ensuring everything is set up and ready. We’re looking for volunteers who are able to join us on Christmas Eve to hang decorations, dress trees, prepare vegetables, wrap presents, and many more little jobs along the way. Helpers need to be prepared to muck in and get their hands dirty; they should be fun loving, generous and warm of spirit. We need people who are willing to throw themselves into any task that needs doing. Which will include singing the odd Christmas Carol or two!
Hosts
On the day, our volunteer Hosts play a hugely important role in ensuring the day goes smoothly. We’re looking for volunteers who are able to join us on Christmas Day to meet and greet our guests, to give out presents, to lead games and activities and many more little jobs along the way. Hosts also need to be prepared to muck in and get their hands dirty; they should be fun loving, generous and warm of spirit. We need people who are good and listening, but who can also sing and dance and make a lot of noise.
24 December
Location: TBC (central Middlesbrough)
From 10am
Volunteers to help in the kitchen – kitchen volunteers please bring your own apron and peeler/sharp knife and chopping board if you can.
From 11am
Volunteers are needed to
- decorate the venue, set tables etc,
- set up games/movie stations etc.
From 2pm onwards:
- Volunteers are needed to wrap presents and write Christmas cards to individual guests
- Volunteers willing to do any last-minute running around/shopping etc.
- Meet at the venue, at 09:00 (catering team) to finish cooking the meal, prepare some nibbles for guests to enjoy on arrival. Other volunteers to arrive from 10am
- Meet and greet guests arriving from around 11:30am
- Ensure all guests feel welcome, are shown where all amenities in the venue are etc
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