Make a Difference!

You can really make a difference as an IASC Goodwill Ambassador!

IASC Goodwill Ambassadors give presentations in their local area to community groups, schools, colleges and coordinate with police and first responders.

What courses do Ambassadors Teach?

Requirements

• Age: Full Ambassadors must be over 18 years of age. Junior Ambassadors are open at any age for children to start to help promote the anti-bullying message in their school as prevention to vulnerable teenage runaways who so easily succumb to being trafficked.
• Course: Ambassadors must complete the IASC Certificate Course on-line.
• Test Presentation: Ambassadors must give a video presentation of the approved IASC material before they issued with their Certificate and authorised to give presentations.
• Membership: Ambassadors must be at least a bronze (free) member of the IASC.
• Blue WWC Cards: If presenting to children, Goodwill Ambassadors must have the appropriate local safety qualifications (commonly known as “Blue Card”.
• First Aid: It is highly regarded that Ambassadors have a current first aid certificate, or willing to get their certificate.
• Attendance: Ambassadors must attend at least 2 board meetings (via Zoom/virtual) per year.
• Mission Statement: At all times Goodwill Ambassadors must adhere to the IASC Mission Statement and Code of Ethics.

What does it cost?

• The certificate course is completely free of charge.
• Travel to and from any local presentation is at the volunteer’s cost.
• Goodwill Ambassadors volunteer their time, free of charge. In fact, the entire Board of the IASC, all of our staff and presenters are all volunteers. No-one takes a salary, not even the Director.

Benefits

• Logo: Ambassadors are entitled to use the Goodwill Ambassador IASD logo, and use the term “Goodwill Ambassador”.
• Merchandising: We understand that it costs Ambassadors to travel to events, and, with prior approval, we are happy for Ambassadors to sell appropriate and related merchandise such as their books or audio podcasts, retail brand clothing etc, raise funds
• TED-Style Talk: Ambassadors are invited to give a 5 minuted TED-style lecture at our global conference on their work which is professionally filmed and given to the presenter to use on their social media.
• Articles & Publicity: Ambassadors are invited to write articles, submit videos or audiobooks or news tips to be publicised on our website.