The Arbour Youth Centre, 100 Shandy Street, London E1 4ST

Telephone: 0207 790 6578

Email: jitka@btconnect.com

�There�s loads of fun stuff to do here and I�ve made lots of new friends!�

We have lots of volunteering opportunities for young people aged 15+; university students; women; men; people with lots of time and even those with limited time

Volunteer Children�s Club Leaders

Help to run one or more of our after-school clubs for children aged 8 to 11. Assist with running arts, sport or game activities.

Availability: 2.30 until 5.30pm once a week

Volunteer Youth Club Leaders

Help to run one or more of youth clubs for young people aged 16 to 18.

This volunteering opportunity is suitable for people confident in everyday life or those with experience of working with young people. If you are not sure talk to us! Volunteers need to have a good level of spoken English. Training is provided.

Availability 4 until 7pm once a week

Volunteer Outreach Team

Engage with the local community and young people on their terms and involve them in debates about local youth provisions, activities and local issues.

Suitable for volunteers interested in working as a part of a team, good level of spoken English required.

Availability: 4 or 5 until 7pm once a week

Women�s Project Volunteer

Assist with English conversation classes or become a mentor for young women who have recently arrived in the country

Availability: very flexible

Volunteer Administration

Variety of administrative tasks. Flexible to suit your abilities, time schedules and level of English.

Availability: once a week to suit you

Work Experience

If you are looking for a work placement or work experience during your studies please contact us individually. We are able to provide placements tailored to your needs.

For more information please visit our

volunteering pages

You can get free and confidential advice from Talk to Frank

Call Frank�s helpline on 0800 77 66 00

Or visit the Talk to Frank website at

www.talktofrank.com

A great big hello to our

fabulous new members

of staff...

Welcome to our new website!

Volunteering opportunities

for everyone

Do you or anyone you

know struggle with drug

addiction?

Fiona says: �It�s an exciting time for both me and the Arbour!�

And a fond farewell...

to Candice Nadine, who worked as Arbour�s Youth Worker for over a year.

Candice is now studying Drama at the University of London, and we wish her all the best at uni and hope to see her again very soon!

Our new website is ready!

At the moment, it is a work in progress. There are parts of the site still under construction and we hope they will be ready for you soon.

We are looking forward to your comments and suggestions. If there is any information you cannot find or if you have suggestions for improvements, please let us know.

We hope you will enjoy it.

Worried you or a friend are drinking too much?

Addaction offer help and support to anyone affected by alcohol.

Addaction phonelines are open Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. Call them on 020 7251 5860.

Visit their website

at www.addaction.org.uk

Want some help quitting smoking?

Looking for women-only activities or services?

You can get lots of helpful information from the NHS smoking helpline, open 7 days a week 7am until 11pm.

Call 0800 169 0169

or visit www.givingupsmoking.co.uk

The Asian Quitline also offers free sevices in Bengali (0800 0022 44), Arabic (0800 1691 300) and other languages.

See their website for more information: www.quit.org.uk

Have a look at the activities, English classes and computer classes offered by Arbour here

Alice Robson is Arbour�s new Women�s Project Coordinator.

Alice spent last year working for a women�s organisation and travelling around South Asia

Fiona Bird is Arbour�s new Youth Worker.

Fiona has just returned from working in South America and is really looking forward to getting her teeth into some new projects here in Stepney.