Welcome to NISCU.
Whether you are a long serving member of our volunteer team, or whether you are just exploring what it means to volunteer for NISCU, this is the place for you. If you have any further questions about serving your schools community with NISCU, please contact nick.klein@niscu.org.uk.
Puppet Teams
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one of our Puppet Teams.
Trustee Team
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one of our Trustees.
Clubs Teams
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one of our Clubs Teams.
Area Support Groups
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one of our Area Support Groups.
Listening Teams
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Listening service volunteers.
Prayer Teams
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you can pray with niscu.
Stories Teams
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Stories Teams volunteers.
Fund Raisers
Click here to help raise funding
for niscu areas or central.
Our Puppet teams work, includes:
- work mainly in primary schools
- some area puppet teams do regular sessions on a weekly basis,
- other area teams only support end of term special sessions, at Christmas, Easter and Summer.
Contact your local area schools worker for more information.
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Our Clubs teams work, includes:
- work in primary and secondary schools
- some clubs are considered outreach whilst others support Christians in schools,
- clubs are supported as much or as little as the club leaders require
Contact your local area schools worker for more information.
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Our Listening teams work, includes:
- work in primary and secondary schools
- 121 listening with pupils, staff or parents
- specific 121 Listening service training is required for this support
Contact jane.callow@niscu.org.uk or visit www.niscu.org.uk/121listening for more information.
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Our Stories teams work, includes:
- work in primary and secondary schools
- you can either use a recognised story telling resource, such as ‘Walk through the Bible’, or ‘Open the Book’
- or simply be used to tell your testimony alongside our staff in a curriculum context
Contact your local area schools worker for more information.
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Being a Trustee for niscu, includes:
- half termly meetings
- supporting and making governance decisions for the organisation
- working with the CEO to help the organisation continue to move forwards in supporting the work in schools
Contact nick.klein@niscu.org.uk for further information.
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Being part of an Area Support Group (ASG) for niscu, includes:
- half termly meetings
- supporting and making strategic decisions for the area where you area a part
- working with the area staff and central staff to ensure that any recruitment for staffing is what the area requires
- helping fundraise
- supporting and communicating with the supporters across the area
Contact nick.klein@niscu.org.uk for further information.
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Being a prayer supporter with niscu, could include any of the following:
- receiving the regular prayer reports for your area and praying for them
- joining a local area prayer group
Contact your area staff for information regarding the above
- setup and maintain a ‘pray4schools’ prayer group for your local school (see our pray for schools page for more info)
- praying for central services, administration, listening services and strategy
Contact nick.klein@niscu.org.uk for further information regarding the above.
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Being a Fundraiser with niscu, could include any of the following:
- running a local fundraising event (see our fund raising ideas for support and suggestions)
- running regular fundraising events across your area (if this is you, then maybe see the ‘being part of our Area Support Groups’ above)
Contact your area staff for information regarding local fundraising
- Finding and making applications for funding through external agencies
- supporting the Fund raising strategy across all of our niscu areas (if this is you, then maybe see the ‘being a trustee’ above)
Contact nick.klein@niscu.org.uk for further information regarding central fundraising
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