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last updated: Friday 11th November 2005
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Playing for Success Mentors
The Bluebirds Study Centre is looking to recruit volunteers to work as Playing
for Success Mentors. The role of the Mentor is to support and to encourage
children in their learning. Playing for Success is a new and exciting
scheme which enables children to develop skills in Literacy, Numeracy and
I.C.T. through football related activities. Mentors do not have to be
computer boffins, spelling geniuses or mathematical experts but be people
who have a genuine interest in working with children and in helping them to
succeed.
The Bluebirds Study Centre is based at Holker Street Stadium. The
children who attend the Centre are aged between 9 and 14. The scheme runs
from Monday to Thursday and offers two sessions each day from 3:30 – 5:30
p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mentors are asked to work at one of
these sessions giving two hours a week over a ten week period.
Members of the public interested in becoming Mentors are asked to
participate in a Playing for Success Mentoring course which will
provide full training. The course consists of two evening sessions and is
run by the Centre staff in partnership with Mentoring and Befriending North
West. The course will offer the opportunity to gain a qualification which
is accredited through TRCON (National Open College Network).
This would be an ideal opportunity for someone interested in a starting
a career in working with children. All Mentors must be over 16 and as they
are working with children must be willing to have a Criminal Record Bureau
check.
Anyone
interested in becoming a Playing for Success Mentor is invited to contact the Centre on:
Telephone
01229 825759
Fax 01229 825522
Email
manager@bluebirdsstudycentre.co.uk
     
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