Garden Support Volunteer visit garden projects across the city, raise awareness about Quetzal and help enhance Quetzal outdoor space.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Visit and Help various gardening projects across the city while sharing information about Quetzal
- Help enhancing Quetzal Outdoor space
- growing vegetable and herbs
- watering garden
- weeding
- planting flowers
- clearing up the tools and tea cups at the end
What skills and qualifications are required to be able to undertake this opportunity?
You don’t need any gardening experience as our volunteers can show you how to do things in the garden.
We would like our volunteers to:
- be able to travel safely across the city to join gardening projects
- be safe at the gardening sessions by helping pick up tools and pack them away
- be friendly and helpful to other volunteers
- willing to learn from others
- tell the Volunteer Coordinator of any problems that may come up
- help clear up at the end
What skills, knowledge, and experience will volunteers gain from this role?
- Learn about gardening, how to grow herbs, vegetables, flowers, and more
- Develop interpersonal skills by engaging with various people
- Learn about the needs of survivors of childhood sexual abuse
What support is offered to volunteers?
Induction, training, and monthly supervision plus travel expenses are covered
Note about the role
Female applicants only – This post is exempt under Schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 – We are a women-only group because we believe it is vital that women have safe and supportive spaces where they can come without fear of re-traumatisation to explore their experiences and begin to recover from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. Opening up about trauma is a deeply personal and vulnerable experience and clients tell us they feel more at ease in a female-only space. Research shows that women-only services create a safe space, physically and emotionally, and result in better outcomes for women. We recognise that men care about women too and that many men and boys experience sexual violence. We can signpost men affected by sexual violence to specialist services in Leicester that cater specifically to their needs.
