Fire service appeal for youth volunteers

CHESHIRE Fire and Rescue Service is looking for volunteers with an interest in sport and nutrition to work with children and young people.

The service is looking to recruit a group of Fire Fit volunteers to work with its Cheshire Fire Cadet units, Respect programmes and Prince’s Trust Team members to deliver healthy eating and active sessions. In exchange for their time, volunteers will get training towards a Level One Sports Leader Award, emergency first aid certificate and Level One award in food hygiene. Tamsen Lesko, the service’s Prince’s Trust co-ordinator, said: “We want to promote a healthy lifestyle to the children and young people we come into contact with, so need between 12 and 15 people who are aged 18 and over to help.

“They will be required to take part in a two week Fire Fit programme, commencing February 6 in Winsford, and volunteer hours are flexible to suit people’s availability.”

Fire cadets are aged between 12 and 17 and each fire station has a unit which provides an insight into working within a uniformed service, providing an exciting and unique opportunity to develop both personal and social skills by promoting self-discipline, team work, citizenship and wellbeing.

The Prince’s Trust programme is a 12-week personal development course for 16 to 25 year olds.

It is a free personal development course that helps young people develop and improve skills in key areas such as confidence, working with others and job search skills.

For more information please contact Tamsen Lesko on 01606 868700 or email tamsen.lesko@ cheshirefire.gov.uk.