Bodmin & District Horizon Club - Volunteers

The Bodmin & District Horizon Club has been running for 30 years – providing a fantastic opportunity for people who happen to have a learning disability as it enables them (as the name suggests) to broaden their Horizons. 

The Horizon club is a community organization promoting leisure, recreation and social opportunities- in a safe environment that is central to Bodmin and the surrounding area. We are very lucky to have the support of Bodmin College, to use their facility on a weekly basis.

The Club is not connected to any other organization however it does meet up with other like-minded Clubs to host sports days, discos and fun days etc.

The Club meets weekly. There are also many extra activities that are held during its on going programme - such as Bowling, Dingles, Porfelli animal sanctuary and much more. We generally run a programme of activities for 50 weeks a year, only closing for bad weather or Christmas holidays.

The Club meets every Thursday at Bodmin College from 6.30pm – 8.30pm

However, depending on the Clubs programme this can change.

The age range is from 16 years (accompanied by appropriate adult under 18 years old).

Volunteering with the Horizon Club

Volunteers are offered the opportunity to attend meetings, workshops and training in order to gain more knowledge of working with the club members.

Volunteer work often challenges people by them thinking “what have I let myself in for this time?” With the Horizon Club it is not like that. You can start where you want, and you do not have to have any previous experience with people with special needs.

It is very important that you do not have to commit yourself every week or have any set time. Whatever time or skill you have will be useful to the Club.

The most important skill as a volunteer can be listening. You and the Club will benefit greatly from you just being there and LISTENING.