GeMMA
Gemma says:
Hey! I’m a Food and Consumer Sciences student at Abertay. I’ve been volunteering with LIFT OFF for a while now, I first heard about them through a project I was involved with at Uni.
I wanted to build up my experience of working with young people and LIFT OFF has really helped me do this. You get to meet loads of different pupils (and student volunteers!) at workshops so no two sessions are the same. I suppose I was a bit nervous going into my first workshop but you’ve just got to be enthusiastic and get stuck in! You’ll never be left alone in a classroom and it’s a lot of fun working with animated and interesting young people. It’s clear that as volunteers, we do make a big impact on the pupils and it’s really rewarding to help them see that college and university are real options for them, no matter their background circumstances.
Through volunteering with LIFT OFF my confidence and communication skills have increased a lot which is great. I’ve also had plenty laughs and would definitely suggest to any student who’s keen for this type of voluntary work to get in touch with the LIFT OFF team. If you think you’ll enjoy it you will, so go for it!
