The Jewish Lad's & Girl's Brigade

Volunteering

This is all about making a difference to other people's lives.  Getting off your sofa and taking time out to change things for the better can be great fun.

From conservation to youth work to fundraising for your favourite charity or caring for animals, there's an endless list of the types of projects you can get involved in, so have a chat with your Leader and other people in your community to find out what's on offer, what needs doing and who needs help!

Once you've found an activity or project, you'll need to get someone who's running it to agree to help you through it and sign off your evidence once you've completed to prove you did it - we call them your Assessor.  Your Assessor will also check on your progress whilst you're doing the activity.

If you can't find a project you want to do, why not set up a new one that will help your community?  This can be on your own, with a couple of friends or even with your whole DofE group – your Leader can help you do this and may be able to act as your Assessor.

Remember - you need to get your Leader to agree your choice and make sure it fits our rules for the Volunteering section.  They'll have a quick meeting with you to make sure you've set yourself enough of a challenge, arrange when they'll catch up with you over the time you're volunteering and when you'll have your final assessment.  Then you're good to go!