Join the Big Green Makeover team
Would you like to join a team of committed and creative volunteers that make the Big Green Makeover project happen? Please email us on bgm@teu.org.uk!
By inspiring and supporting others, you will get the chance to improve your communication, team-work and time management skills, as well as gain an understanding of energy efficiency and practical sustainability more generally.
1. Become a Volunteer Adviser
There are many opportunities to work with students and staff to help them save money and make their homes more sustainable, including:
- Helping with Home Visits
Work in pairs with one or more homes to help them identify potential changes, make these happen and plan next steps. - Helping with Energy Saving Advice Clinics
Can you spare half a day twice a month or more? Help out staff and students at Advice Clinics in your campus! - Helping with Workshops
It’s hands-on and interactive so people power is needed! Help come up with games and activities, and play them on the day!
Training and upcoming dates
Volunteers receive comprehensive training in association with the Energy Saving Trust. Topics covered include
- Meeting other volunteers!
- Introduction to the project, including its history and and aims
- Key concepts informing the project, including climate change, peak oil and the Transition movement
- Key tools and skills, including motivational interviewing
- Home Visits process and materials
- Energy Saving Advice Clinics process and materials
- Support available to you as a volunteer
- Timeline for rest of semester
- Role play in a real flat!
Register your interest in volunteering and hear about future training dates – just email us at bgm@teu.org.uk
2. Work behind the scenes
Our project is run mostly by volunteers and meets as a Working Group once a week to discuss, plan and make the project happen. If you’d like to get involved, please email us on bgm@teu.org.uk
