{"id":85,"date":"2018-07-04T08:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T07:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:41:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T13:41:33","slug":"volunteering-with-digilocal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/volunteering-with-digilocal\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering with DigiLocal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-148\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/filton_600_new.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/filton_600_new.png 603w, https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/filton_600_new-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mentoring with DigiLocal @ Filton Community Association<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Supporting communities with tech clubs couldn&#8217;t happen without our fantastic volunteers. If you&#8217;d like to share your passion and enthusiasm for tech with the next generation, then please consider volunteering!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core role of a DigiLocal Ambassador is to support the development of resilience and problem solving in our young people. The three phrases you&#8217;ll probably use most are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Explain what should happen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Describe what did happen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does your code \/ blocks actually say<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Between those first two the young person will often realise the error and be proposing (or coding) solutions. If they&#8217;re still stuck, you always have the project guides to fall back on. Even when they&#8217;re developing their own game ideas, you can use mechanics from the project guides to help them (this is also a really good way to manage your time as we&#8217;re not really providing 1-2-1 tuition).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to be an expert in any particular software language \/ methodology. Many of our young people are only 8yrs old; whatever language they&#8217;re using now probably isn&#8217;t going to be the one they use in 10yrs time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to think of cool things to do with a club. All our laptops have loads of project guides for the young people to follow. We also provide frameworks to help them develop their own ideas and games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volunteering is good for you!<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Benefits-of-being-a-STEM-Ambassador-1024x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Benefits-of-being-a-STEM-Ambassador-1024x273.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Benefits-of-being-a-STEM-Ambassador-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Benefits-of-being-a-STEM-Ambassador-768x205.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Benefits-of-being-a-STEM-Ambassador.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">STEM Learning evaluation of STEM Ambassador experiences<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stem.org.uk\/user\/register?type=ambassador\">https:\/\/www.stem.org.uk\/user\/register?type=ambassador<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/civicrm\/profile\/create\/?gid=16&amp;reset=1\">Register online now!<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re already a registered STEM Ambassador or Code Club then we can connect you immediately with clubs looking for support; if you&#8217;re not, we can;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>help you through the DBS checks,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>introduce you to the technology being used (mostly Scratch and Python),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>work with you to engage with a venue, and,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>make sure you&#8217;ve all the kit you need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In return we just need 1hr of your week, once a week. If you can find a couple of colleagues then you can take it in turns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All our DigiLocal Ambassadors are registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) via Graphic Science, the STEM Ambassador Hub for the West of England.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/STEM_Ambassador_Hub_West_England_GS-1024x286-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/STEM_Ambassador_Hub_West_England_GS-1024x286-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/STEM_Ambassador_Hub_West_England_GS-1024x286-1-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/STEM_Ambassador_Hub_West_England_GS-1024x286-1-768x215.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting communities with tech clubs couldn&#8217;t happen without our fantastic volunteers. If you&#8217;d like to share your passion and enthusiasm for tech with the next generation, then please consider volunteering! The core role of a DigiLocal Ambassador is to support the development of resilience and problem solving in our young people. The three phrases you&#8217;ll &#8230; <a title=\"Volunteering with DigiLocal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/volunteering-with-digilocal\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Volunteering with DigiLocal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2269,"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/2269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilocal.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}