Volunteer Appeal - Opening the Door to More

15th May 2009





Volunteers are needed to continue to provide children and young people in Birmingham with someone to turn to in times of need. Edgbaston-based Open Door Youth Counselling is seeking to recruit additional volunteers to expand their free youth counselling service.

Open Door has been providing counselling to vulnerable children and young people in Birmingham for over 40 years. On average the charity provides about 5000 counselling hours per year and sees approximately 700 young people. Demand for the service is constantly increasing and waiting lists can sometimes be long.

Open Door hopes to be able to cut waiting lists by expanding their group of volunteer counsellors. No previous experience or formal qualifications are necessary as full training is provided. The therapeutic model is person centred.

Carmel Mullan-Hartley, Director of Services said 'Counselling should be seen as a right, not a privilege. Open Door exists to offer children and young people someone to listen to them at pivotal and often distressing times in their lives. We can only continue to do this with the help of our volunteer counsellors'.

If you would like the opportunity of working with young people from 12 - 26 in a well established Youth Counselling Service, get in touch by phoning 0121 454 1116, emailing opendoor01@btconnect.com or visit our website www.opendooryouthcounselling.org.uk.

See: Open Door


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