FREE BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL COURSE FOR VOLUNTEERS

Are you aged 17-23 and working with children as part of your volunteer programme?

If the answer is ‘Yes’, then register for a free training day in London with the British Safety Council. This one-day course will cover personal health and safety for volunteers and also teach you how to deliver basic health and safety to children overseas.

The course is FREE for all Travellers volunteers

How it works
Travellers Worldwide has partnered with the British Safety Council to teach basic health and safety to children in developing countries. Once you have secured a place on your chosen Travellers project, you will be invited to attend a training day on the 21st May 2010 at the British Safety Council in London. Your training day will include a health and safety briefing and an examination, which leads to the BSC Level 1 Certificate in Health and Safety at Work, a nationally recognised qualification in health and safety.

You will be briefed on how to deliver basic heath and safety awareness training to people in developing countries, and will be provided with a teaching pack. The British Safety Council aims to reach 3,000 children this year through volunteer programmes.

You will then teach health and safety as part of your voluntary project, and, where possible, help your students achieve the BSC Entry Level Award in Workplace Hazard Awareness, a formal qualification which is already available in UK schools.

What's the next step?
To apply online for your Travellers Project, which automatically makes you eligible for the BSC Course, simply choose your project and fill in the application form here.

Then, you simply need to contact Sebastian Tarnowski at the British Safety Council on 020 8600 1044; e-mail: sebastian.tarnowski@britsafe.org and book yourself onto the course!

The training day itself will look something like this:

From Barbican Tube Station (4 minutes) - On exiting the station, turn right and walk straight down Aldersgate Street. Cross at the pelican crossing (just before the NCP car park) to get on to the left hand side of the road. Continue to the roundabout (by the Museum of London) and follow the pavement round to the left. Cross at the pelican crossing on the roundabout to One London Wall. Turn left and walk 75 yards to the Hall. You will see a member of the BSC staff in a high visibility jacket.

From St Paul’s Tube Station (4 minutes) - Leave the station via Exit 1, following the signs for the Barbican Centre. At the top of the steps continue straight down St. Martin’s Le-Grand towards the Museum of London. Cross over Gresham Street and continue into Aldersgate Street with the Museum of London ahead of you. At the roundabout, follow the pavement round to the right. One London Wall is on your right, but keep going for another 100 yards to the Hall. You will see a member of the BSC staff in a high visibility jacket.

Approaching from all directions, you will see a member of the BSC staff in a high visibility jacket.