Volunteer Wellbeing Class Teacher – Yoga Cover

Our mission is to provide information and support for anyone affected by cancer, offering practical ways of enhancing physical, psychological, and emotional wellbeing.

The Mulberry Centre is an award-winning charity which relies heavily on donations from individuals and organisations to support people through their cancer journey from diagnosis, through treatment and then post-discharge. We help them to start rebuilding their lives and promote self-management. We also support carers and family members to deal with these changes and bereaved relatives. We do this by providing counselling, complementary therapies, wellbeing classes, and supporting information, tailored to the needs of our users at, and around, our purpose-built centre in Isleworth. Our services are free of charge, but donations are always welcome.

This role aims to provide effective Yoga classes as and when other regular volunteer Yoga class facilitators are on holiday/sabbatical It aims to improve mental and physical wellbeing, and general quality of life by increasing range of motion and decreasing stress.

Time Commitment – Ad-hoc cover of 1 hr per class with some related admin time – total 90 mins per session.

Main Duties

• To facilitate a Yoga class on an ad-hoc basis when other regular volunteers are on holiday/sabbatical.

• Each class teacher needs to be able to adapt the class to the needs of the individuals, depending on the client’s condition, as far as is reasonable.

What skills do I need?

Volunteer Specification

We are committed to providing the highest quality of care and therapists are expected to:

• Have studied and qualified at a recognised college/school.
• Be a member of their professional body.
• Have personal, professional indemnity insurance.
• Consider, or be undertaking, further professional development.
• Have been qualified in their practice and actively practising for one year.
• Must not have had personal experience of cancer (either themselves or a close family member) or have been bereaved within the preceding two years.

When do I need to be available?

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Details

Regular weekly slot of 1 hr class with some related admin time – total 90 mins weekly.

Where does this role take place?