Volunteer call-out

Children’s safety charity seeks volunteers

Warning Zone is looking for new volunteers to join them in delivering vital safety education to

school children WORDS BY EMILY MILLER

If the announcement above caught your attention, then volunteering at Warning Zone, a charity supported by Dr Nik Kotecha’s Randal Charitable Foundation, could be the fulfilling answer.

The charity works with young people aged 10 and 11, providing interactive information and support on a variety of risks to safety that affect this age group as they make the transition from primary to secondary education.

The aim is to educate young people on risks they will face, ensuring they don’t enter the criminal justice system or come to any harm. They cover many areas including peer pressure, resilience to coercion, and talking to a trusted adult in a way that has a lasting, positive impact on their lives.

Aspects of online safety are explored, including cyberbullying, grooming, gaming, and sharing images on social media as well as navigating and cultivating ideas about healthy relationships.

By working with Warning Zone, volunteers deliver vital messages, making a real difference to young people’s lives – but in addition, they increase their own confidence and transferrable skill sets.

After full training and support, volunteers will be able to work flexibly, committing from just a few sessions a month to as many as they choose. Volunteers guide small groups of children around the lifelike scenarios, talking with the young people to educate and support them on issues they face today.

Warning Zone is looking for individual volunteers, corporate sponsorships and fundraising assistance from the people of Leicestershire who want to make a real difference to their local community – could that be you? Interested in becoming a volunteer? Find out more at warningzone.org.uk/volunteer.

Morningside Pharmaceuticals is pleased to gift this space to help raise awareness of the amazing work of Warning Zone, as part of their support for charities and the local community

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