Kennington News

Volunteering in Kennington Primary Schools

RSVP (the Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme of Community Service Volunteers) has launched a Lambeth Schools Volunteering project, and would like to recruit volunteers for schools in and around Kennington.

Primary schools present a great opportunity for people to give three (or more) hours a week as a volunteer, helping with reading, maths or other class-room activities, or in a whole range of other ways. Volunteers are greatly appreciated by the teachers and – especially – by the children. Individual attention from a volunteer can provide a significant boost to a child’s reading, confidence and willingness to learn. Volunteers are an invaluable assistance to hard-pressed teachers and, of course, the volunteers gain greatly from the experience. Local people in local schools, bringing people together across cultures and generations: everyone wins!

There are about a dozen community and voluntary aided primary schools in and around Kennington, providing education and cultural skills to the children of Kennington, but also contributing in many ways to the vitality of the area – for example the involvement of children from Lambeth schoolsin the recent re-opening of the Royal Festival Hall.

Readers interested in volunteering are invited to contact Tony Bell: Tel: 020 7652 4276; e-mail: tonybell-rsvp@ntlworld.com. Information about RSVP can be found on its website http://www.csv-rsvp.org.uk/ and the CSV website: http://www.csv.org.uk/.

Tony Bell