Volunteer trainers
"It felt great to have been able to help."
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It might seem an obvious point but all our thousands of volunteers – using their skills to help other people – need to start somewhere. Do you have what it takes to teach?
How would I be helping people?
You could pass on the skills you’ve learnt to new recruits, ensuring there’s always a steady supply of Red Cross volunteers and staff fully equipped to help people in need. As a volunteer trainer, your role could include:
- getting involved in our volunteer induction programme
- training vulnerable people in your community in first aid
- teaching the general public – including schoolchildren – about first aid or humanitarianism.
What skills and training do I need?
You need to be able to communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and good listening skills. We will give you the training and support you need to do this role.
How much time do I need to give?
You and your volunteering manager will discuss how much time you are able to give. Since our volunteering opportunities depend on local needs, some areas may need volunteers more regularly or for longer hours than others. If one of our services requires more time than you are able to give, we may have other volunteering opportunities that fit your schedule.
Why are volunteers needed?
Without volunteers we would never be able to give people the help they need in a crisis. Because we offer so many services across the UK, we depend on people who generously give up their time to help others.
How do I apply?
You can search and apply online for volunteer trainer volunteering opportunities. You can also talk to a service manager about current opportunities near you.
True story: Trainer helps boy breathe easy
Just days after learning first aid skills as part of a volunteer trainer project, teenager Declan Bryans found himself helping a young boy during a real emergency.
Declan, along with seven other young Scots from Lanarkshire, completed an innovative project that taught them how to save a life – and also how to pass these skills on to their mates. Armed with this new knowledge and training, the young first aiders are now visiting schools, youth clubs and big events to pass on their skills to other teenagers.
And incredibly, just days after receiving his basic first aid certificate, Declan Bryans (16) had to put his new skills into action when a small boy fell off a playground slide. The six-year-old casualty was lying on the ground struggling to breathe when the first aider arrived on the scene.
Declan remembered: "There was nobody else about, so I told his friend to go and tell his dad to call an ambulance and then tried to calm him down the way we had been shown in first aid training by raising his legs and telling him to breathe. By the time his dad arrived, I think he was okay – but it felt great to have been able to help."
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