Volunteering for Camp Avalon 12-14 & 19-21 July 2019
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Youth Worker at nature camp for teenagers from disadvantaged, VME or rural backgrounds.
We desperately need volunteers from 11-15 and 18-22 July 2019 at Paddington Farm, Glastonbury.
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| Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig Photo copyright Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig |
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| Camp Avalon 2011 Photography copyright young environmentalist Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig |
- to prepare an Eventbrite report with contacts for children/volunteers;
- to finalise the camp programme and e-mail to parents/volunteers;
- to finalise a breakdown of tasks with who is responsible for what.
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| Camp Avalon 2017 Photo copyright Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig |
On 11 & 18 July 2019 Campsite 10 am and 6 pm
- to help move camping equipment from storage to the campsite;
- to help put up 6 large tents;
- to help set up all equipment needed for the campsite; and
- to help do food shopping.
- to finish setting up at the campsite.
- to travel back to Bristol with our driver;
- to pick up the minibus before picking up children;
- to remind parents that they need to pick up their teenagers at 4 pm on Sunday.
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- to be nature volunteers engaging teens in nature activities; or
- to work as a youth worker engaging with VME children age 12-18-year-olds at our nature camp;
- to talk to teens about nature;
- to talk to teens about how going outside helps with mental health;
- to talk to teens about the need to protect the environment
- to talk to teens about what they can do to help the environment and wildlife
- to support nature volunteers who are providing the expertise; to supervise football games
- to help with camp cooking, supervising toasting marshmallows, washing up and tidying up, serving meals;
- to ensure children have the equipment needed for sessions;
- to ensure teens pack up all their belonging;
- to travel back in the minibus with the teens;
- to talk to teens about the camp, how the children enjoyed getting outside, how it was good for their mental health and academic achievement, what the teens can do to carry on with that in terms of continuing to go outside and enjoy nature.
- to if possible, video the parents/teens about what they feel the benefits have been.
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- to prepare two 700-word blog posts about the camps with images.
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- Experience and knowledge of nature activities
- Camping eg putting up/taking down tents or camp cooking
- Nature or conservation
- Nature education, forest school, outdoor play or working with children
- Photography or film-making especially in nature or wildlife
- Mental health
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About The Author
Hi, I’m Dr. Mya-Rose Craig. I am a 19-year-old prominent British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, environmentalist, diversity activist as well as an author, speaker and broadcaster. At age 11 I started the popular blog Birdgirl, and at age 17 I became the youngest person to see half of the birds in the world.
Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ - Margaret Atwood
This is my story; a journey defined by my love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.
Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ - Margaret Atwood
This is my story; a journey defined by my love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.