Volunteering with Swansea Youth Bank

We are looking for volunteers aged 11-25 to become panel members for Swansea Youth Bank. If you would like to be part of this new and exciting project in Swansea then get in touch.

Swansea Youth Bank Volunteers aim to:

• Provide grants to young people who want to make a difference in their communities
• Increase numbers of young people volunteering in Swansea
• Provide experiences, skills and build confidence in the young volunteers within the Youth Bank

Benefits of being a volunteer with Swansea Youth Bank

• You are involved in making decisions about where the grants go
• You will receive training
• You will meet new people
• You will gain new skills and experience in the grant giving process
• You will get opportunities to travel and meet other youth bankers across the UK
• If you aged between 16 and 25 you will get accreditation through Millennium Volunteer Scheme (volunteeringandcitizenship/volunteering/becomingavolunteer/millenniumvolunteers.html)

What Swansea Youth Bank Volunteers do:

• Make decisions regarding the set up of the Youth Bank (e.g. set criteria, design the application process and decide how the Youth Bank will run)
• Decide which projects get funded by the Youth Bank
• Evaluate the projects who have received the funding
• Publicise the Swansea Youth Bank

If you would like to become a volunteer

Download the Volunteer Application form on the right hand side of this page and return to Flik Walls (Swansea Youth Bank Co-ordinator) at felicitie_walls@scvs.org.uk or Swansea Youth Bank, 7 Walter Road, Swansea, SA1 5NF.