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Green Hub Internship

Poplar HARCA is a Housing and Regeneration Community Association in East London that provides homes and support to residents. Alongside our volunteering service, we offer unpaid placements and internships for students who are interested in gaining experience in the housing and community sector.

CaN is looking to expand our community greening programme by developing our good food access offer. We have been successful in encouraging our residents to grow their own food in the community food growing gardens that we have helped them set up in our different estates.

We currently support 16 community gardens, 9 of which we have recently helped do essential repairs and uplift through a grant from Groundwork. With Spring just starting to show up, our gardeners are busy repotting and planting out their germinated seeds in the newly repaired grow beds. It would be exciting to see these seeds grow and bear fruits that would eventually land in our residents’ plates.

Date:

Monday – Friday (flexible)

Time:

9am – 5pm (flexible)

Location: 

Poplar HARCA Community Centres

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Volunteer application
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Are you a Poplar HARCA Resident? *
Are you aged 18 or over?
How do you identify your gender? (tick all that apply)

Equalities monitoring

What's your ethnicity?
Do you have a disability or long term health condition?
If yes, please select (tick all that apply)

Social value

In general, how would you say your health is?
I feel like I belong to this neighbourhood

If you're under the age of 18 we require permission from your parent or guardian prior to you volunteering. Please provide their details below.
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More about you

Who should we contact in an emergency?

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References

Please provide contact details of two referees who are both willing to provide a character reference. This will involve answering questions on a range of topics from your strengths to areas for development and your time management. Unfortunately we cannot accept references from family or friends. If possible, at least one referee should know you from work, education or volunteering. There are lots of people suitable to provide references, if you are struggling to think of anyone suitable please get in touch and we can discuss your options.

Reference 1

Reference 2

Communication consent

Would you like to receive regular updates about upcoming volunteering events?
If yes, please select (tick all that apply)
If you're currently unemployed, would you like to receive support from our Employment & Training team? *
Data Protection *
When you use forms to get in touch with us, we collect personal information for the purposes of dealing with your enquiry. Our website is developed by Tessellate Design Studio Ltd and they are our data processor. Tessellate Design Studio will only process personal information in line with our instructions. Read their full privacy notice. The information submitted to us may also be stored longer on Poplar HARCA databases for the continuation of services to you. We will not share your information with any third party company unless we have sought your consent or to carry out a legal obligation to you, such as fix a repair. Read our full privacy notice.

Useful Contacts

Sadia Yasmin
Volunteering & Partnerships Officer
0777 941 6360
Sadia.Yasmin@poplarharca.co.uk

Details Benefits Requirements

We welcome the expertise and extra hand that an Intern will bring to our programme. Our Sustainability Lead will work with you to develop an integrated food offer, linking up growing gardens with Food Co-ops, Community Kitchens, Food banks and Food Stores and our Community Cafes.

We are looking for someone with:

  • Experience and skills in research, organising focus groups and facilitating positive conversations around community needs, in this case, access to good quality, affordable food and what impact this can have in people’s wellbeing.
  • Great interpersonal skills, is good at listening to others, encouraging people to take part and get their ideas heard.
  • Creativity and resourcefulness,

All Placement and Internship students are required to complete an application form, attend an informal interview and give two referee’s details. You may also be required to undertake a criminal record check which we will pay for. If successful your placement/internship will begin with a 1 month trial period.

Opportunities & Benefits:

  • You will have a full induction followed by ongoing support
  • You will have a named PH Contact and regular opportunities for volunteering review sessions
  • You will be offered opportunities to attend training relevant to your role and to centre activity
  • You will receive agreed travel expenses, and can claim lunch expenses if you volunteer for more than five hours a day
  • We will provide you with an honest reference regardless of how long you are with us
  • We are committed to provide a safe and supportive environment.

Placement and internship opportunities

Placement and internship opportunities
Name
<b>Name<b>
First
Last
Are you a Poplar HARCA Resident? *
Are you aged 18 or over?
How do you identify your gender? (tick all that apply)

Equalities monitoring

What's your ethnicity?
Do you have a disability or long term health condition?
If yes, please select (tick all that apply)

More about you

Please include details of your strengths and any experience or qualifications you may have.
We are only available between Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.
Are you currently studying?
Do you have any police cautions, criminal convictions (both spent and unspent) or any convictions pending?
Please note that a caution or conviction may not prevent you from volunteering with Spotlight but failure to disclose relevant information will result in immediate dismissal. Volunteers will undergo enhanced DBS checks.

Social value

In general, how would you say your health is?
I feel like I belong to this neighbourhood

If you're under the age of 18 we require permission from your parent or guardian prior to you volunteering. Please provide their details below.
Parent/Guardian name
<b>Parent/Guardian name</b>
First
Last

Who should we contact in an emergency?

Emergency contact name
<b>Emergency contact name</b>
First
Last

References

Please provide contact details of two referees who are both willing to provide a character reference. This will involve answering questions on a range of topics from your strengths to areas for development and your time management. Unfortunately we cannot accept references from family or friends. If possible, at least one referee should know you from work, education or volunteering. There are lots of people suitable to provide references, if you are struggling to think of anyone suitable please get in touch and we can discuss your options.

Reference 1

Reference 2

Communication consent

Would you like to receive regular updates about upcoming volunteering events?
If yes, please select (tick all that apply)
If you're currently unemployed, would you like to receive support from our Employment & Training team? *
Data Protection *
When you use forms to get in touch with us, we collect personal information for the purposes of dealing with your enquiry. Our website is developed by Tessellate Design Studio Ltd and they are our data processor. Tessellate Design Studio will only process personal information in line with our instructions. Read their full privacy notice. The information submitted to us may also be stored longer on Poplar HARCA databases for the continuation of services to you. We will not share your information with any third party company unless we have sought your consent or to carry out a legal obligation to you, such as fix a repair. Read our full privacy notice.

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