Volunteer
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- 2. Participate, activate, create: Volunteer BY: Nosheen Mohammad 2
- 3. What is Volunteering? o activity where an individual or group provides services, help for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization" o Volunteering provides a way of giving your time and skills to help others and to progress yourself. o One of the better-known benefits of volunteering is the impact on the community 3
- 4. When you are a volunteer you choose to give your skills and time help out the community and the not-for-profit organisation you volunteer with get something out of it yourself do it for free 4
- 5. Things to remember about volunteering It’s always a matter of choice It’s about participating in the community It’s unpaid It creates positive change 5
- 6. Why is volunteering important? It empowers individuals It adds value to not-for-profit organisations It strengthens communities It’s worth billions to the community New experiences Sense of achievement 6
- 7. Tips for getting started volunteering First, ask yourself if there is something specific you want to do. For example, do I want… …to make it better around where I live …to meet people who are different from me …to try something new …to do something with my spare time …to see a different way of life and new places …to have a go at the type of work I might want to do as a full- time job …to do more with my interests and hobbies …to do something I’m good at 7
- 8. Volunteering: give it a try Do you want to: give something back to the community? work for social change? have fun? learn new skills? help others? gain work experience? 8
- 9. Who benefits? the volunteer the organisation the community 9
- 10. What’s it like to volunteer? “Volunteering helps me put things in perspective – it keeps me in touch with my community and what other people’s lives are like.” “It’s the best decision I’ve made.” “In a word? Stimulating. And challenging. And sometimes tiring. But always rewarding – it’s incredibly rewarding. Actually, can I have more words?!” 10
- 11. Volunteering happens everywhere Sport/recreation Community/welfare Health Emergency Education/training/youth development Religious Environmental/animal welfare Business/professional/union Law/justice/political Arts/culture 11
- 12. Change your world… START NOW! 12
- 13. Thank you for your kind attention Nosheen Mohammad Nosheen Mohammad [email protected] 13