# Can my 18-yr old son volunteer at the makerspace two days a week?

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**Created:** [2 April 2024 14:40 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259 "2024-04-02T14:40:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/elasticninja/32/19842_2.png) [@elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/elasticninja)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 14:40 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/1 "2024-04-02T14:40:39Z")

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Hi all

We’ve just emigrated from Cape Town, South Africa, and my 18-yr old son has a 5-month gap while waiting to start university. He’s good with coding, computers and tech in general, is a wiz at Maths/Physics/Chemistry, and learns quickly.

If he joins the makerspace, will he be able to help out at the Makerspace in a useful way? He’d like to spend two days a week doing some volunteering.

Thanks  
Mike

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**Author:** ![asander1](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/asander1/32/14251_2.png) [@asander1](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/asander1)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 15:00 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/2 "2024-04-02T15:00:53Z")

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Hi Mike!

Yes, as long as he is 18, that would be great - we have an opening on the [@systems](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/groups/systems) team and will be working on some interesting projects with web / database / embedded tool control nodes / wireless networking etc.

Sounds good?  
Cheers,  
Andy

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**Author:** ![hernehillier](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/letter_avatar/hernehillier/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@hernehillier](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/hernehillier)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 15:08 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/3 "2024-04-02T15:08:24Z")

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Hi Mike,

Welcome to you and your son. Yeah, if he’d like to help out that would be great. We have a great community and an amazing breadth of technical knowledge: we have members doing everything from building creative cardboard sculptures to programming iPhone apps to putting satellites in space. There’s bound to be a few interesting conversations he could have.

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**Author:** ![mbg](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/letter_avatar/mbg/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@mbg](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/mbg)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 17:08 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/4 "2024-04-02T17:08:08Z")

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Does he happen to have any woodwork experience?

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**Author:** ![elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/elasticninja/32/19842_2.png) [@elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/elasticninja)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 17:27 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/5 "2024-04-02T17:27:21Z")

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Hi Max, unfortunately not, his focus has been on code, robotics and related things

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**Author:** ![elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/elasticninja/32/19842_2.png) [@elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/elasticninja)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 17:28 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/6 "2024-04-02T17:28:51Z")

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Hi Andy, that does sound good, he’s keen … we’ll be attending the open day session tomorrow 🙂

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**Author:** ![elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/elasticninja/32/19842_2.png) [@elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/elasticninja)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2024 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/7 "2024-04-02T17:29:14Z")

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Thanks Herne!

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**Author:** ![asander1](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/asander1/32/14251_2.png) [@asander1](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/asander1)\
**Post date:** [25 April 2024 14:44 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/8 "2024-04-25T14:44:43Z")

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Hi @elasticninja. Did you guys make it to the open evening?

Cheers,  
Andy

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**Author:** ![elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/elasticninja/32/19842_2.png) [@elasticninja](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/elasticninja)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2024 08:23 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/9 "2024-05-11T08:23:58Z")

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Hi Andy

We did, but he has got himself an internship that will take up most of his spare time, so he has unfortunately decided not to join the Makerspace ☹

Regards  
Mike

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**Author:** ![asander1](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/user_avatar/discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/asander1/32/14251_2.png) [@asander1](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/u/asander1)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2024 10:04 UTC](https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/can-my-18-yr-old-son-volunteer-at-the-makerspace-two-days-a-week/33259/10 "2024-05-11T10:04:48Z")

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No worries, cheers!