Help Our Language School Help Ukrainian Refugees
How to Get Involved (Crieff)
Please read through all the information in this blog.
If you would like to get involved, drop into our Jigsaw Sesh ANY Saturday, at Blue Noun, between 5- 7, and we can chat.
Please note, we are ONLY coordinating the English learning element of people’s stay. If you have questions about donations, hosting, work opportunities or anything else, please address them via the Strathearn Welcome Facebook Group.
4 Ways That YOU Can Help
Conversation Practice
Blue Noun is seeking volunteers to PRACTICE English with our Ukrainian English learners
Find our list of suggestions below.
We’ll do the TEOFL teaching stuff.
YOU do the chatting.
You need to have a couple of hours to spare regularly, good communication skills and empathy for what it feels like to be in a new country/language.
We are looking for volunteers to commit to working with the same person REGULARLY.
It can be once a week, once a month, etc – or even a 5-minute phone call every day.
We are especially keen to involve different generations in this project.
There is an 18-year-old who needs company his own age.
There are several women of retirement age.
Childcare
A few of the women have young children. Would you be available to babysit whilst they take their English lesson? The lessons are between 7 & 8 on weeknights.
NB: There are obvious safeguarding issues around this, so we’d welcome suggestions as to the best way to do this.
Coordination
Our language school would like to hear from anyone interested in assisting us in coordinating English volunteers!
Quite frankly, we’re better at ideas than admin. We’ll oversee each learner’s individual progress, but it would be great to have a volunteer coordinator to liaise with learners and volunteers and actually PLAN the activities.
This would be a great bit of CV-building experience for the right person
We Could Mentor YOU
Are you a young person considering a career in TOEFL?
You might want to volunteer during certain English classes to get some work experience and skills under your belt. We’d be happy to share our skills and knowledge with the right person.