Volunteering with Chance UK
Without volunteer mentors, we would not be able to make such a lasting and positive change to the lives of vulnerable children and their families.
Chance UK works with children aged 5-11 with behavioural difficulties. These can include problems managing anger, making friends and hyperactivity.
Children who have difficulties like these often experience problems in the relationship they have with their family, stop them getting a good education (and therefore drastically reduce the avenues open to them later in life) and make them more suspceptible to outside negative influences.
You'll probably have seen stories ion the news about gang violence, stabbings and increased crime. We think that young people who have a greater sense of belonging at home, at school and with friends are more likely to look for role models and a sense of self in more constructive places than gangs.
Our mentors work to improve a child's self esteem, find out what they're good at, and to find out how much fun life can be. And when their self esteem improves, not only is the child's life better, but so is that of their family, their friends, and their teachers.
It's life changing stuff. You can be a part of it.
Click here to apply to become a Chance UK mentor.
"I got to spend time with the most amazing little boy."
Click below to listen to a current Chance UK mentor talk about what she gets out of the mentoring:
Click here to listen to more mentors talk about what they get our of volunteering with Chance UK.
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