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Ygam Volunteer Student Ambassador
Organisation Details
Ygam
Sub theme: Drugs, Alcohol and Addictions, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Youth Work and Young People
Stellify Award: This opportunity is part of 'Make a Difference'
Organisation Description: We are the UK's leading charity dedicated to preventing gaming and gambling harms among young people.
Our work bridges the critical knowledge gap between young people's digital lives and the adults who guide them. We believe in harm prevention through education, empowering the people who can make a real difference.
Our work bridges the critical knowledge gap between young people's digital lives and the adults who guide them. We believe in harm prevention through education, empowering the people who can make a real difference.
Description of role: *Please note that this role is remote, with ambassadors carrying out the role on their own campus, with regular check-in's with Ygam via Teams.
Ygam is a UK harm prevention charity aiming to safeguard children and young people against gaming & gambling harms through awareness raising, education, and research.
We are looking for UK university students to join our volunteer Student Ambassadors team and help Ygam achieve its social purpose by reaching out to students at university.
This will be achieved by advising Ygam on key insights and the needs of students in relation to gaming & gambling, supporting with content development and/or social media, organising activities and awareness training for staff and students at your campus, and joining us at events to raise awareness of gaming and gambling harms.
Objectives of the role include:
Inform content development and delivery:
- Advise and offer expertise that will inform the development of programme resources and methods of delivery, including
social media and online content.
- Provide unbiased insights and ideas to add further value to the USE programme, from a student perspective.
Support and improve engagement:
- Connect with and seek insight from different groups in relation to university students, e.g. clubs and societies.
- Seek and recommend ways to improve the programme’s engagement through a range of communication channels.
- Build relationships with key contacts within VSA’s university, providing introductions to the USE team and advocacy for
the programme.
Challenge and support the delivery team:
- Question and challenge the views of others in a constructive way to increase the quality of learning for students.
- Offer suggestions and solutions to challenges that could improve the programme and the impact we have for students
and university organisations.
We ask that student ambassadors aim to attend a weekly volunteer meeting currently set for Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm to check-in and set out/progress with individual and group actions. This runs online, via Teams.
ALL VOLUNTEERS CAN REQUEST A REFERENCE AFTER 6-MONTHS OF VOLUNTEERING.
The role is set for a start over summer, and running until the end of academic year 25/26.
Ygam is a UK harm prevention charity aiming to safeguard children and young people against gaming & gambling harms through awareness raising, education, and research.
We are looking for UK university students to join our volunteer Student Ambassadors team and help Ygam achieve its social purpose by reaching out to students at university.
This will be achieved by advising Ygam on key insights and the needs of students in relation to gaming & gambling, supporting with content development and/or social media, organising activities and awareness training for staff and students at your campus, and joining us at events to raise awareness of gaming and gambling harms.
Objectives of the role include:
Inform content development and delivery:
- Advise and offer expertise that will inform the development of programme resources and methods of delivery, including
social media and online content.
- Provide unbiased insights and ideas to add further value to the USE programme, from a student perspective.
Support and improve engagement:
- Connect with and seek insight from different groups in relation to university students, e.g. clubs and societies.
- Seek and recommend ways to improve the programme’s engagement through a range of communication channels.
- Build relationships with key contacts within VSA’s university, providing introductions to the USE team and advocacy for
the programme.
Challenge and support the delivery team:
- Question and challenge the views of others in a constructive way to increase the quality of learning for students.
- Offer suggestions and solutions to challenges that could improve the programme and the impact we have for students
and university organisations.
We ask that student ambassadors aim to attend a weekly volunteer meeting currently set for Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm to check-in and set out/progress with individual and group actions. This runs online, via Teams.
ALL VOLUNTEERS CAN REQUEST A REFERENCE AFTER 6-MONTHS OF VOLUNTEERING.
The role is set for a start over summer, and running until the end of academic year 25/26.
Skills / qualities associated with the role: Creative Skills, Event Planning, Leadership, Oral Communication Skills, Practical Skills, Project Management, Research, Team Working, Written Communication Skills
Are volunteer expenses available?: Yes
Duration of role: Ongoing / Long term
Opportunity times: Tuesday PM
DBS required: Off
Can reasonable adjustments be made regarding additional needs?: Yes
Is this organisation part of the Sports Volunteering Scheme (SVS)?: No
Minimum hours commitment: 2 per week
Location:
Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ