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> 2010 - The Year Of The Volunteer
skylark
post Jan 12 2010, 07:52 PM
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I've heard about the Year of the Volunteer in Leeds and apparently it's nationwide. Has anyone found anything interesting to do through the scheme? The web site is www.do-it.org.uk (although I've found the web site isn't very accurate).
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post Jan 12 2010, 10:51 PM
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I need to do fewer things as a volunteer and find something I can get paid a decent amount to do!
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post Jan 12 2010, 11:01 PM
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I have been doing local voluntary work that I discovered through that site for the last four or five years. (I don't want to say what I was doing as it is a sensitive subject).

It has been a very rewarding experience and I made one very good friend who has enriched my life enormously. However the management changed a year ago and I resigned at the end of last year as it seemed that my personal safety was the least important consideration. Some of these do-gooders can get a bit carried away by the cause. It seems that just as everyone is jumping on the bandwagon I am jumping off.

There are plenty of other voluntary work opportunites - for example I have helped publicise English Touring Opera
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post Jan 13 2010, 12:22 PM
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I gave up doing all that stuff a few years ago... I needed some "me" time.
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