Volunteering Opportunity - Club Welfare Officer

Many thanks Jana for taking on this role and for helping us meet our safeguarding obligations.

Ideally a new volunteer would be someone seen to be independent of the club leadership but that's not essential. The job is a bit different to many others as hopefully there will be nothing to do! However, if something does happen it could be serious and it will, of course, need to be dealt with properly. Safeguarding is also a developing topic, so the Welfare Officer will need to keep up to date.

The Club Welfare Officer is essentially there to be ready to hear any safeguarding concerns, and to check that the club is complying with regulations and best practice. There is online training available.

If you want to find out more, please contact me, Richard, using the chair@ email address

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Quantock Orienteers really values its volunteers! Almost all club members help out in some capacity over the year, whether its a simple job like helping with car parking or a much more complex task such as mapping. Volunteering is not compulsory but organising orienteering is hugely time consuming and we are very grateful that so many willingly club members give their time.

Volunteering is not a chore, it is highly rewarding. For example, course planning is even more of a challenge than running the course, and many of us enjoy solving that puzzle. We strive to keep our club friendly and supportive, so hopefully being part of an event team is also good fun.

To maintain our ambitious events programme we need a steady stream of volunteers, so if you are interested in helping then we'd love to hear from you! In particular we are always on the look out for people willing to be event organisers or course planners. There are lots of experienced club members ready to help out if mentoring or other assistance is required.

If you can help, please contact me, Richard, using the chair@ email address