Volunteer

Volunteering & Training with New Routes

All New Routes volunteers are required to do a half-day New Communities Awareness training. For those who would like to volunteer as mentors and befrienders, a further day and a half of training develops the skills needed for this one-to-one support.

Upcoming training dates 

We are currently operating a waiting list for volunteer training, and will be prioritising the recruitment of ESOL teachers for online classes and mentors/befrienders. Due to restraints imposed by COVID, training is currently infrequent.

If you would like to volunteer in one of these capacities, please email Amélie at development@newroutes.org.uk to be sent a volunteer application form and to be added to the training waiting list.

Please note:

• To volunteer as an English teacher, you must have a qualification in teaching English as a foreign language.
• Mentoring/befriending requires a six month commitment.

New Communities Awareness Training

All training is free to New Routes volunteers.

New Routes Integration has designed training to clarify immigration definitions and entitlements, aid cross-cultural understanding and support community cohesion.

The training is for anyone whose work includes engagement with asylum seekers, refugees and other recently resettled ethnic minorities, who needs clear definitions of immigration categories and entitlements and an understanding of the reality of settling into a new country and culture.

Training participants explore the issues facing resettled ethnic minorities and identify strategies for support.

Presentation, video, group discussions and partner working are used to:

• Define different immigration status and entitlements
• Explore the myths surrounding immigration
• Provide an overview of the UK asylum process
• Identify new communities in Norfolk
• Explore the barriers to integration and ways to address the issues identified
• Examine cultural differences

Participants will receive training information booklets.