►SUMMARY FACTFILE
Start Dates	All year round - you choose your start and finish dates! Placements may be subject to school terms and sports seasons
Duration	From 4 weeks to 1 year, subject to visa requirements. .
Requirements	No qualifications or experience required, but you must have a very good knowledge of your sport and lots of enthusiasm!.
Price	From £1,295 for 4 weeks, ranging to £2,295 for 12 weeks. From US $1,945 for 4 weeks, ranging to US $3,445 for 12 weeks. Full Price List and other Currencies
What's included	►Accommodation ►Meeting you at the Airport ►Transfer to your accommodation ►Full pre-departure support ►Local in-country team support and backup ►24-hr emergency support  ►Free T-shirt.
What's not included	Flights, Food, Insurance, Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and assistance), Transport to and from your project, Return transfer to the airport.
Who can do this Project?	All projects are open to all nationalities. You need to be 18 or over to participate in this project

PROJECT OVERVIEW
This project provides you with a diverse experience in that your activities will take place in two locations and will also give you the opportunity to coach other sports as well:

1. You'll spend your afternoons and evenings coaching and/or training at a Hockey Club in Auckland.
    

2. During the mornings and early afternoons, for about 4-5 hours every day, you'll bring very welcome sports coaching skills in the School Sports project. This project takes place in a school in one of the suburbs of Auckland and here you'll coach hockey plus a variety of other sports to children from the Maori community and other countries.

You'll work with a variety of ages at the club and during the weekend you will have an opportunity to compete yourself and test your abilities against the Kiwis! The club we work with has a very lively social scene and you will be welcomed with open arms.

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM DOING THIS PROJECT:

• An exciting, never-to-be-forgotten adventure into New Zealand and you'll learn about the Maori culture that makes this country so fascinating!

• The enormous satisfaction of also helping disadvantaged children and knowing that you made a difference to them.

• New skills, more confidence, a greater understanding of a different culture, invaluable personal and professional development.

• An entry on your CV or résumé that will put you head and shoulders above most others in the job market

• And best of all ... an unforgettable experience!

WORK CONTENT:

1. YOUR PROJECT AT THE CLUB:
This element of your programme will take place in the late afternoons and evenings. You'll work at a hockey club at a number of venues located in the suburbs of Auckland. There are excellent facilities and you'll coach a number of junior teams. You'll also have the opportunity to train, and possibly play for the senior men's or women's teams, if you get selected.

There are a number of junior teams at the club with children aged 5 to 12 and they are about 70+ junior players at the club. The teams at the club are as follows:

• Four 5-9 year-old teams

• Two 10-12 year-old teams

• One youth girls team 15-18 year-olds

If you would also like to play hockey on this project, you can do this with a number of senior teams. There is a good mixture of standards at the clubs so there is something for everyone. The club are very strong in women's hockey and currently have a number of the national women's 'black sticks' ladies who play for them.

As well as training and playing for one of these teams, you may also be able to coach them if you're considered good enough. There are a number of senior teams that you can train with and play for:

• 2 men's teams

• 3 women's teams

• 1 youth girls team ( if you are 17 or 18 you can play with this team if you wish) 

THE HOCKEY SEASON AND COACHING TIMES:
The hockey season runs from:

• Pre season: February - March

• Main Season: April - September

Coaching and training times are as follows

• Juniors: 5:00 – 7:00 - Wednesday

• Seniors: Tuesday 7:00 - 8:00 Women, 8:00 - 9:00 Men

Games take place on the weekends during the season. The juniors play their game on Saturday morning where you will have the opportunity to coach a team putting everything you have taught them into practice on the field. In the afternoon or on Sunday, it will be your opportunity to play with the seniors. Out of season there will be no opportunity to play hockey at the club. During the school holidays there is no opportunity to coach hockey.

2. YOUR SPORTS PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL
The School Sports Project will take place during the day. For this element of your programme, you will be working at a school located in Auckland. You will be working at a school located in Auckland. The school has children from a variety of backgrounds and countries such as Maori children and children from Sudan and Somalia who are refugees, as well as children from other lower economic countries such as Samoa and Tonga. The school has good facilities that will enable you to coach a variety of different sports. 

There are a wide number of sports available to coach on this project and you will be involved in a wide range of sporting activities, giving you great diversity. The sports are generally coached by season, but if you wanted to coach a sport that was not in season, or if you wanted to introduce a new sport to the children, the school would welcome it as long as it was of benefit to the children. Each school offers different sports so if there was a particular sport that you were interested in coaching please let us know and we will make arrangements for this.

The sports vary with each term, as follows:

Term 1: Swimming, Tennis, Cricket, Athletics
Term 2: Rugby Union & League, Football, Hockey, Netball
Term 3: Rugby League, Football, Netball
Term 4: Athletics, Cricket, Cross Country & Football.

The school dates for 2012 are:

• Term 1: 30th Jan / 7th Feb – 5th April       

• Term 2: 23rd April – 29th June       

• Term 3: 16th July – 28th Sept       

• Term 4: 15th Oct – 20th Dec    

The school dates for 2013 are as follows:

• Term 1: 28th Jan / 7th Feb – 19th April       

• Term 2: 6th May – 12th July       

• Term 3: 29th July – 27th Sept       

• Term 4: 14th Oct – 20th Dec  

Lessons last for 45 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:30 - 3:00 pm. You'll assist the sports teacher to coach and you'll spend about 3 to 5 hours a day helping the children at the school.

FREE COACHING MANUALS:
As a volunteer sports coach with Travellers, you have access to a large number of coaching manuals for each sport - these manuals have been produced in-house by our Sports Manager. These manuals are very useful and will help you to plan coaching sessions for your students.

REQUIREMENTS - POLICE CHECKS:
As part of the law in New Zealand, it is compulsory for all volunteers who work with children to undergo a police check. These checks are done to ensure the safety of children in New Zealand.

The checks are a simple process and we will provide you with all the details of what identity you need to take with you. On your arrival in Auckland, our New Zealand manager will complete the checks with you and take you through the process. As soon as you have registered, you'll be allowed to start working with children. We will ensure that you have all the relevant information before you come to New Zealand.

Got any questions? Please email us:
info@travellersworldwide.com

"The Hockey club I have been working with has been really grateful for my contribution, giving me lifts all over Auckland to get to junior and senior games. The clubs standard is just right, giving me the challenge of raising my level of play, whilst allowing me to put my own abilities to good use. I have so far played in all of the clubs games for both the first team and the second team which take place on the weekend". Simon Thomson

Got any questions? Please email us:
info@travellersworldwide.com

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