The Youth Social Podcast

Ep8: Iqra’s volunteering story

In our series looking at Youth Volunteering, we catch up with Iqra. 
 
Iqra is 24 and is a retail manager in Huddersfield.
 
Listen to her story as he explains how volunteering is helping her manage her mental health and meet new people. 
 
In addition, the podcast also covers: 
How she found a flexible opportunity that fitted around her job
The type of volunteering she has been doing
Some of the additional skills she has learned
Some of the experience she has gained
How the skills are helping build her confidence
These Podcasts have been created in partnership with the Future Creative volunteer programme for young people aged 16-24 years. Future Creative is delivered by TSL Kirklees (the Volunteer Centre for Kirklees) working in partnership with Lawrence Batley Theatre and funded by Arts Council England’s Volunteering Futures grant programme.
 
To find out more contact: volunteer@tslkirklees.org.uk
Visit TSL Kirklees volunteering website: https://tslkirklees.org.uk/volunteering-home/
Find your nearest Volunteer Centre: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/get-involved/volunteering/want-to-volunteer/

Ep7: What makes a great volunteering opportunity?

In the last of our studio-based youth volunteering podcasts, we speak to a group of five six-form students - Holly, Joshua, Ruben, Annie and Zara - to explore what makes a good opportunity and what teens and young adults are looking for in a volunteering role.
You can find out more about volunteering by visiting the TSL Kirklees website www.tslkirklees.org.uk or search ‘volunteering opportunities near me’ in Google.
More information on Youth Social can be found at www.youthsocial.co.uk
This podcast is supported by the Kirklees Council Community Plus Fund and was funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. 

Ep6: Talking to volunteering organisations

In this episode we speak to the people and organisations that offer youth volunteering opportunities to find out what they are looking for from young volunteers.
We meet Louise Sykes from Locala who offer healthcare opportunities, Chris Newberry from the Kirkwood who care for people towards the end of their life, Julie Peel who manages opportunities for Kirklees Libraries, and finally Daisy Whitby, the volunteer support officer at Fresh Futures who support local families.    
 
You can find out more about volunteering by visiting the TSL Kirklees website www.tslkirklees.org.uk or search ‘volunteering opportunities near me’ in Google.
More information on Youth Social can be found at www.youthsocial.co.uk
This podcast is supported by the Kirklees Council Community Plus Fund and was funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. 

Ep5: Talking to Young Volunteers (Part 2)

Graham continues interviewing young volunteers to find out what it’s like to volunteer.  In this episode he speaks to Martha at Uniform Exchange -  an organisation that provide school clothes for people unable to buy new, Omar and Freya at Fresh Futures – who provide support for families and then finally he meets a group of young people who have been getting a taste of volunteering through the Future Creative programme.
 
You can find out more about volunteering by visiting the TSL Kirklees website www.tslkirklees.org.uk or search ‘volunteering opportunities near me’ in Google.
More information on Youth Social can be found at www.youthsocial.co.uk
This podcast is supported by the Kirklees Council Community Plus Fund and was funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Ep4: Talking to Young Volunteers (Part 1)

For this episode Verity and Katie kick Graham out of the studio to go and interview young volunteers in their place of work.
We speak to Alfie who volunteers in the A&E department at Dewsbury Hospital, Mariam who works in a library and Finley & Estelle who are working as in-patient volunteers at the Kirkwood.
You can find out more about volunteering by visiting the TSL Kirklees website www.tslkirklees.org.uk or search ‘volunteering opportunities near me’ in Google.
More information on Youth Social can be found at www.youthsocial.co.uk
This podcast is supported by the Kirklees Council Community Plus Fund and was funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Ep3: Youth Volunteering and Employment

In the third episode we look at how youth volunteering can help develop employability skills and to get a job. We chat careers and skills with James Davidson from C+K Careers and to Madi who turned a volunteering opportunity into a full-time paid position.  
 
You can find out more about volunteering by visiting the TSL Kirklees website www.tslkirklees.org.uk or search ‘volunteering opportunities near me’ in Google.
More information on Youth Social can be found at www.youthsocial.co.uk
This podcast is supported by the Kirklees Council Community Plus Fund and was funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Ep2: Youth Volunteering and Education

In the second episode we explore how youth volunteering can help with college work and applying for university.
We talk to Claire Barnes, the volunteering and placement manager at Greenhead College in Huddersfield and to Holly Mae – a young volunteer - who at 16 had no qualifications, but is using volunteering to advance through college and go to university.
 
You can find out more about volunteering by visiting the TSL Kirklees website www.tslkirklees.org.uk or search ‘volunteering opportunities near me’ in Google.
More information on Youth Social can be found at www.youthsocial.co.uk
This podcast is supported by the Kirklees Council Community Plus Fund and was funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Ep1: What is Youth Volunteering?

Welcome to the first Youth Social youth volunteering episode hosted by Verity, Katie and Graham.
In our first podcast we talk to Becky Bracey from TSL Kirklees who gives us an introduction to youth volunteering and we speak to Taylor – a young volunteer – who is using volunteering to develop their skills and help get them into university.
 
You can find out more about volunteering by visiting the TSL Kirklees website www.tslkirklees.org.uk or search ‘volunteering opportunities near me’ in Google.
More information on Youth Social can be found at www.youthsocial.co.uk
This podcast is supported by the Kirklees Council Community Plus Fund and was funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.