IBC Fitness Assistant Volunteer

It’s vital for an older person’s wellbeing to have access to affordable leisure and recreational facilities. As a volunteer fitness assistant, you will be a welcoming face within our Isabel Blackman Centre (IBC) fitness team. You will get a chance to meet new people and work with an excellent team of volunteers. It’s important to us that we provide a warm, affordable, and enjoyable place for our clients and visitors to learn something new, socialise, and keep fit. The Isabel Blackman Centre (IBC) provides a restaurant, leisure facilities, activities and events space, treatment rooms, and a community shop within the heart of the Old Town, Hastings. You will have a sociable attitude, be reliable and honest, empathic, a good listener, and have a love of meeting and greeting new people and an interest in health and wellbeing. No fitness skills, qualifications or background is required and you can learn many transferable skills which is ideal for a work experience! You will be presenting passion and interest in the health and wellbeing of clients, whilst, ensuring all visitors feel welcome and valued when they visit or contact the Isabel Blackman Centre (IBC) and are supported on their fitness journey. You will also be multi-tasking by assisting with set up of classes and getting involved with general fitness/membership related administration. You will need to be willing to maintain a good working knowledge of services and facilities provided by the centre, and be comfortable with taking bookings and assisting the fitness coordinator with safety checks on the gym equipment. You will need to be educated to GCSE level or equivalent in English and Mathematics, and competent in social interaction with members and assisting with classes by helping with exercise demonstration (if comfortable) and being an extra support to visually ensure client safety during exercise. The time commitment required is usually a minimum of three hours per week, but we’re also happy to have more flexible times. We will provide all the training and support that you need and reimburse the cost of any reasonably incurred out-of-pocket expenses. It’s really easy to start the volunteering process with us. If you’re over 18 years old, just click on ‘Apply’ and get filling in your details!