Activities Volunteer (London)
RSBC are looking for Volunteers to get involved with their accessible activities for blind children.
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Commitment
Weekends, Weekdays, Evenings
Format
Onsite
Eligibility
Age 18-100
Your Role in Creating Change
Role: Activities Volunteer
Commitment: Currently, sessions are run both during the week (mostly in the afternoon) and at weekends (usually on a Saturday). Activity volunteering is a flexible commitment, and you will be able to sign up for the session you like and when you have time. It really is up to you and your availability.
Location: RSBC Life Without Limits Centre
10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6EN
10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6EN
Availability: RSBC Events · Events Calendar
Age: 18+
Our Mission Statement:
RSBC believes that every blind young person should have the chance to live life without limits.
By giving young people the essential skills and confidence to take control of their life, they can unleash their true potential.
Our success depends on our values
Underpinning all RSBC’s work are values embedded in trust and excellence:
TRUST: Respect and accountability
ENERGY: Straight talking and constantly learning
AMBITION: Confronting reality and driving results
MOTIVATION: Vision impaired children and young people are our number one priority, and we look for solutions, not problems
What will I be doing?
Our amazing Activity Volunteers play a key role in supporting blind children and young people to take part in a variety of activities. These range from sports, creative (singing, performing, art), audiobook club and day trips. Our activities are designed for blind young people to meet new friends, gain confidence, learn new skills/sports, and become more independent. The skills you have developed in your career and personal life will be invaluable to our young people.
Key Tasks and Main Duties
Face-to-face activities
- 1:1 sighted guiding from and to public transport locations
- practical support onsite
- supporting the sessions
- facilitate social interaction between the participants
Who are you?
We welcome applications from people with a wide range of skills and experiences. You don’t need to have volunteered or worked before as full training will be provided. What’s important to us is that you are a team player, open to learning and willing to follow RSBC’s policies and can be an excellent ambassador for RSBC. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of sight problems.
What’s in it for me?
RSBC offers the opportunity to gain insight and experience into helping others with sight issues. As part of your volunteering, you will have access to Sighted Guide training, a training session designed to help you understand the issues and complexities of sight problems and give you the ability to help others navigate the world.
RSBC also provides paid expenses for your volunteering experience, you can claim up to £10 per day.
RSBC can also provide references and impact reports from your volunteering if required.
You will be fully supported in your role by our team of expert and compassionate service delivery team.
Develop or utilise your skills – As a volunteer, you’ll be given plenty of opportunities to develop new skills or use those you already have, which can help to build your CV, boost your employability and give you a sense of satisfaction.
What's in it for the Community?
Make a difference to people’s lives
Help in your community
Help deliver creative services to help people with sighted issues feel included in the world around them.
Make a direct and tangible difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted children and young people.
Safeguarding:
Due to the nature of the role, before you can begin volunteering with RSBC there are some required safeguarding checks which will need to be completed.
All RSBC volunteers undergo an Enhanced DBS check (paid for by RSBC) and must provide two references.
All volunteers will also be booked onto safeguarding training.
RSBC risk assesses all its services and activities.
Next Steps:
If this sounds like you, please fill out an expression of interest, and one of our volunteer team members will get back to you!
If you have any questions or queries regarding volunteering with RSBC, please feel free to contact us on:

About Royal Society for Blind Children
No child in the UK should grow up to be poor or lonely just because they are blind
• 90% of those who lose their sight in youth won’t work for more than six months in their lives• Most will never have someone to share their life with
The Royal Society for Blind Children believe in a better life for blind children - we are on a mission to make sure every single blind child has the self-belief and skills to fulfil the potential we know they’ve got.
If you are passionate about all young people having the opportunity to live their lives without limits, join us as a volunteer; have fun, meet new people and make a real difference to the lives of vision impaired children and young people.
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What to Expect After Applying
Next Steps: If this sounds like you, please fill out an expression of interest, and one of our volunteer team members will get back to you! www.rsbc.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer-for-us If you have any questions or queries regarding volunteering with RSBC, please feel free to contact us on: Email - [email protected] Phone - 02031980225
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