📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Valleys Kids is a community development organisation, established in 1977, with the commitment to work with the most challenged and most challenging children, young people and families, believing that everyone has the right to be supported to reach their full potential. Valleys Kids is the proud owner of Little Bryn Gwyn: a house on the Gower peninsula in Swansea.
Groups from the Valleys Kids projects visit Little Bryn Gwyn throughout the year and participate a wide range of activities including coastal walks, camping, orienteering, bike rides, team building and bushcraft sessions. They also learn about the local ecology and help to develop and improve the 6 acres of land that surround the cottage. The memorable experiences gained at Little Bryn Gwyn offer huge benefits for the young people by helping them to develop their self-esteem, confidence and communication skills.
Find out more at: www.valleyskids.org/the-projects/little-bryn-gwyn
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will be doing outdoor work with the children, young people and families from Valleys Kids who will be visiting the project throughout the summer.
This work could include gardening, clearing waterways and other outdoor activities, as well as assisting with running play opportunities.
The hours will be flexible and arranged with the groups but will be approximately 7 hours a day, 5 days per week. Volunteers will work alongside the Valleys Kids groups (mostly young people between 7 – 16 years old) when they are visiting, but when there are no groups at Little Bryn Gwyn, the volunteers will live and work alone.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The Little Bryn Gwyn will be home to a number of Valleys Kids groups throughout the summer, so the volunteers will be sleeping in tents on the grounds of the house, but will have access to the toilets, shower, kitchen and common room throughout the project.
There will be a number of small tents available but volunteers will be expected to share.
The volunteers will cook for themselves and will cook and eat communally with the Valleys Kids groups. The kitchen at the centre is quite small, especially when there will be lots of people on site, so some of the cooking will be over an open fire or on a BBQ in the grounds of the house.
📍 About the location
Little Bryn Gwyn is situated right in the heart of the Gower; a stunningly beautiful portion of the Welsh coastline and very popular with visitors during the summer, which makes it the perfect place to explore the world-famous scenery and beaches. The project is slightly inland, so the beach is around a 90-minute walk away.
The volunteers will be welcomed to join in with the evening activities at Little Bryn Gwyn, which could include campfires and games. There will also be a chance to go on excursions and trips with the young people… Will you be brave enough to go swimming in the Welsh sea?!
There is also a pub within walking distance over the hill, and the house is close to a bus stop, for routes into Swansea, the second largest city in Wales. There is a petrol station (with a small shop) 15 minutes walk from the site.