Activity Facilitator (Gardening/Art)

Organisation:
Growing Together Levenshulme

Minimum amount of hours required:
3 hours/week

Time for the opportunity
Our sessions currently run on:
Tuesdays 09:30 – 12:30 and 12:30 – 15:00
Fridays 09:00 – 12:00

We expect volunteers to commit to at least one session per week. 
Total time commitment: 3.5 hours per week

Description of opportunity:
Growing Together Levenshulme provides an allotment space and gardening activities for asylum seekers and refugees in the Manchester area. The Garden is a place for refugees and asylum seekers to meet new people, learn and share gardening skills and relax in the beautiful space we’ve created together. 
We are now open Tuesday and Friday daytimes, and are looking for Activity Facilitator volunteers to aid the running of one or both of these days each week at Levenshulme Allotments. 
Volunteers will help decide on gardening or art tasks, provide support for participants in their activities, and contribute to the overall organization and running of the project through monthly volunteer meetings. Being a gardening or art expert is not required! While gardening is the focus of the project, skills in construction and creative projects are also welcomed.. We focus on participant wellbeing and can support volunteers to ease into the role.

Gardening Roles and responsibilities:
Working with small groups on a variety of gardening tasks including weeding, sowing, planting, harvesting, composting, fruit tree pruning 
Planning and delivering seasonally relevant gardening activities
Gardening expertise is not essential for this role but some experience would be beneficial. Though not essential, some level of French, Farsi, Urdu or Portuguese would be particularly helpful. 

Art Roles and responsibilities:
Working with small groups on a variety of art projects, including paintings, sewing, drawing and variety of other art skills. We welcome any creative art. 
Planning and delivering art activities

This role would suit somebody who:
Works well with people from a variety of backgrounds
Has good people skills and an ability to listen to and support people who are under considerable stress. 
Enjoys gardening and working with plants
Is able to work under their own initiative whilst also being able to work as part of a team. 
Enjoys working outdoors (in all weathers!)
We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of the asylum system.