{"id":965,"date":"2010-03-01T00:38:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T00:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yeboyes.org\/?p=965"},"modified":"2010-03-06T20:29:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T20:29:25","slug":"training-day-for-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yeboyes.org\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"Training day for volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"

30th January 2010<\/p>\n

Volunteer training day<\/h2>\n

On 30th January 30 Yebo volunteers gathered together for a training day.\u00a0 The aim of the day was to support all of the volunteers in the work that they will be doing abroad and in the UK.\u00a0 It was also a chance for volunteers to meet us in person and to get to know eachother.<\/p>\n

The day was held at Loseley park in Guildford, Surrey and covered the following topics:<\/p>\n

Play therapy\/therapeutic play : Veronica Etherington, Play therapist, CHASE hospice care for children
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Primate behaviour and conservation: Alasdair Davies, London Zoo, Great Primate Handshake
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Working with children with disabilities: Veronica Baily, Children\u2019s nurse, CHASE
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Working with children who have been victims of crime. : Hayley Green, Child protection officer, Surrey police<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Veronica<\/p>\n

Veronica Etherington talking about play therapy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The speakers spoke about the work that they do, the scenarios that the volunteers may come across in their roles and some examples of activities that they could partcipate in with the children they will be working with.<\/p>\n

The play therapy was aimed at developing different activities for children, and the volunteers were asked to draw and play with toys that they were given on the day.\u00a0 Everyone looked anxious when they were asked to get into pairs and play with some toys.\u00a0 But when asked to put them away there was some laughter when Veronica said that they looked like they were having fun now.\u00a0 The aim of this was to allow the volunteers to be relaxed when playing around children, and were told that there was no need to feel silly, and that this would all be part of their time with the children.<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers<\/p>\n

Volunteers use ‘play’ to communicate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Working with children with diabilities highlighted the work that a childrens hospice does, with an aim of allowing UK volunteers to understand life inside a children\u2019s hospice, which is often thought of as \u2018difficult\u2019 or \u2018very sad\u2019.\u00a0 It aimed at showing the positive and rewarding examples of the work that children\u2019s hospices do.\u00a0 South African and UK volunteers will be working around children with disabilties so this subject was also spoken about.<\/p>\n

Working with victims of crime looked at scenarios that the volunteers may come across in the UK and Africa.\u00a0 Hayley Green from Surrey Police spoke about different aspects of child abuse in the UK, and how this may be related to the work they may do in Africa.\u00a0 Many of the children abroad have been through severe traumas such as abuse and this was something that was spoken about openely by Hayley to give volunteers examples of abuse in the UK, and how children that they may work with in Africa, have had similar experiences.<\/p>\n

Primate behaviour and conservation was looked at and Alasdair Davies from London zoo spoke about primates that are found in the world, and the similarities between us and them.\u00a0 Conservation was also talked about to allow volunteers to learn about the support that they will also be learning about when they visit and work with various primate sanctuaries on the trips abroad.\u00a0 As primates are used to front Yebo\u2019s projects it was a good chance for volunteers to understand the link between the behaviour and life expeirences of some of the children they may be working with, to the primates they will also be learning and working with.<\/p>\n

We hope that the volunteers enjoyed themselves and many got out of their beds at the crack of dawn travelling from various places around the country such as Birmingham and York.\u00a0 We were very grateful to all of the volunteers that came and appreciated their feedback on the day. <\/em><\/p>\n

UK volunteers will be contacted soon regarding UK projects we are looking at expanding. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Veronica<\/p>\n

Veronica Bailey, children’s nurse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Training days will be held 3-4 times a year. To get involved in the next one email info@yeboyes.org. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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