Letter to Editor NSPCC school volunteers needed in Mid and West Wales

Dear Editor,

This month the NSPCC Cymru is calling on people across Mid and West Wales to help us deliver vital child safeguarding messaging to local schoolchildren.

Speak Out Stay Safe uses age-appropriate language and workshops with our friendly mascot Buddy to help children aged 5 to 11 understand how to recognise abuse in all its forms.

We have some amazing volunteers in Mid and West Wales and during the last year they have delivered Speak Out Stay Safe 2,886 children in 49 schools across the region.

Across Wales Speak Out Stay Safe was delivered to 29,517 children in 180 schools.

However, we want to reach every child in every classroom and to do that we need more volunteers.

Our Schools Service feels like being part of a family, with volunteers meeting like-minded people and delivering workshops to help children understand that it is never their fault if they experience abuse, that they have the right to be safe, and how to get help from safe adults and the NSPCC’s Childline service.

Volunteers receive full training and support and are only asked to visit two schools a month, but they can make a real difference to children’s lives.

To apply, visit https://join-us.nspcc.org.uk/volunteers or for further information contact volunteerrecruitment@nspcc.org.uk

Yours sincerely,

Rhian Jones

NSPCC Cymru/Wales Schools Services Manager