Forum: Volunteering & Activism

I'm just being nosey now. Do you do any volunteering/activism on a regular or occasional basis? I tend to forget that lots of people in the real world don't, and am still getting over the confused looks I got from colleagues at lunch about what I do.

:wave: Yet another initiative brought to the attention of TheSite Towers... :D Here's the poster for the project... And here's what they say you'll get out of it:

:banghead: I would like to become a voluenteer and eventually be able to help familys young people and single parents by giving support advice and befriending them to help them through difficult times and situations.Any advice would be welcome.:thumb::thumb:. thankyou

Thought this was worth flagging for those in the capital who have interests in volunteering/gigs or both... :thumb: Here's a link for more info - http://oran.ge/If2tze

:confused:After countless hours online contacting diffrent charity orginisation realised most are only a registered charity in England.Any Scottish charity orginisation I could contact that would help me in becoming a voulentry worker would be helpful thankyou :d

hi Many people have said it to me in the past and someone has said it to me again today taht i do too much. The majority of what I do in my spare time is voluntary work and it is all things I enjoy and get something out of. However I do know that I am very bad at saying No, but I was just wondering how much time other people spend just sitting infront of the tv and hvaing some 'me' time....

Is anyone volunteering over christmas? Whether it be as part of your regular volunteering or a special Christmas contribution... Fostress and LauraO have definitely been getting stuck in Read more about their experiences here. :love:

:wave: Just saw this and wanted to share it with you all. The Guardian and Starbucks are co-hosting two coffee house debates at the forthcoming political party conferences to talk about the issues currently facing young people. The first is in Liverpool on 27th September and the second is in Manchester on 4th October. You can read about it and get all the other details here:...

If you happen to be in the area and are looking for a way to get involved in community action related to the riots, the following might appeal... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Not-In-Our-Name/266437473370960

I was just wondering which charities offer phone recycling to raise money? I'm thinking about suggesting it to my school because we're really into charity.

If do an event that isn't charity-specific, is it possible (and how?) to split the money between more than one charity? Am just thinking that I may get more sponsors that way. I am hoping to do it all online - much easier that way.

There are an awful lot of things I wish I could volunteer and do to help out people and organisations (such as youthnet). Just wondered if there were many other people who find that their job gets in the way of loads of opportunities they want to get involved in? I often help out in various roles during the week when I'm on holiday time, but I just wish it was more. Anyone else out there...

Hi all I hope you dont mind me promoting something... Basically, as some of you may know, I am a little bit dog mad. I own a dog called Scout who works as a demonstration dog for hearing dogs for deaf people, a charity which trains dogs to alert their deaf owners to household sounds such as the doorbell, telephone, smoke alarm etc. Anyway. I have entered him into a modelling...

Hey, we've just heard about the following and thought it was worth sharing: Do you want to get your voice heard and make a difference? Now is your chance... Battlefront is an exciting, award winning web and television project from Channel 4. Channel 4 are looking for a bunch of dedicated 14 –22 year olds who want to put their heart and soul into running a campaign about an issue they care...

Hey Everyone :wave: Just wanted to tell you all about a new competition we are running at TheSite HQ for our other website www.do-it.org.uk which I think lots of you are familiar with. It's all about sharing your volunteering experiences with others through blogging, and there are some fab prizes up for grabs. The details and the link to the Do-it Facebook page are below - hope lots of you...

Im hopefully going to do this half marathon in october if i get a place. Im trying to decide whether to do it for the national autistic society, because i think ill get more sponsors, or my local charity autism anglia, because theyre struggling and ive personally had a lot of help and support from them and theyre wonderful. Would you ever bother sponsoring for someone elses local charity,...

Hello boys and girls :). First thing I will say is that I have already asked Helen for permission and because she is awesome she has said yes :D. Basically, as some of you may know, my mother runs a charity called Greyhound Walks. It's doing pretty well, in it's fifth (Sixth? I forget!) year now, and the New Year's Day walk in Chelmsford had 207 greyhounds and lurchers walking around...

Okay so I basically got myself into a bit of a hole, I was supposed to choose where I wanted to do my 40 hours of volunteer work and it sort of crossed my mind. Seeing how all the 'good' volunteer jobs are taken, there was only one option I could choose from and that was to be a lawn repair worker. Now I do not know about you, but I have NEVER lived in a house with a lawn before and have NEVER...

Please remove this mods, if you think it's inappropriate... But I thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread about the anti-cuts campaigning, listing dates, campaigns, or organisations people concerned about the cuts can get involved with... Obviously I don't mean this as a thread to debate whether or not we agree with the cuts, just about what's going on for potential activists.