Develop New Skills by Volunteering and Gain a Qualification

Donating some of your time to volunteering can be great for so many reasons. 

 
It’s a great way… 
  • To try out a new career and gain a track record 
  • Get involved in something your passionate about
  • Develop new skills and gain a qualification
  • Boost your CV 
If you focus your time on developing your skills in specific areas, access some relevant training, you can also secure a qualification from the Institute of Leadership and Management Qualification . 
 
To plan your volunteering experience, have a think about the following questions:-  
  • How could volunteering help you to achieve your potential in career or life? 
  • What skills you would you like to develop through volunteering? 
  • What would be your motivation for participating in a volunteering opportunity?
  • Do you have a specific passion for a social or environmental cause that you’d like to support through volunteering? 
  • What would you like to gain from the volunteering experience?
  • How much time could you commit to volunteering and for how long?
  • What could you do to investigate the options in further detail?   
Striding Out  can guide you in identifying suitable volunteering opportunities and support you in developing your skills and gaining a qualification in the following areas:-  
  • Mentoring and Coaching 
  • Leadership and Management 

Mentoring and Coaching 

If you would like to develop your coaching and mentoring skills you could volunteer to:- 
  • Mentor dis-enfranchised young people who need a supportive role model in their life 
  • Mentor young people who need support in developing their career ambitions
  • Mentor individuals who are starting a business 
  • Mentor individuals who are developing a local project. 
  • Mentor individuals who need social company, to reduce isolation. 
 
If you take up any of these roles, you could access our training in mentoring and coaching skills and work towards anILM Qualification in Mentoring and Coaching Skills. 
 

Leadership and Management  

 
If you are looking to develop your leadership and management skills you could:- 
  • Implement a new project in your community and get a team involved
  • You could take on a leadership role within your local community group 
  • You could start a campaign on an issue that’s important to you. 
  • Take up a strategic support role, as a trustee or board member of a local charity or group. 
If you take on a leadership and management volunteering role, you could access our training in management and leadership skills and work towards an ILM Qualification in Leadership and Management Skills. 
 
If you would like support in:-
  • Exploring your ambitions and finding the type of volunteering opportunity suited to you 
  • Developing your skills through volunteering and securing a qualification 
Then contact us now by emailing: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
Article by Heather Wilkinson