While adding an entry to OpenBenches (openbenches.org/bench/36677), I was struck by how much of an impact this woman - Jane Gregg - must have made on her local community.
In this community garden in Bampton, in the Lake District, a bench dedicated to her includes not only a plaque summarising her achievements but it's also been hand-carved with the words "Jane an amazing human."
#VOLUNTEERS WANTED...
Join our team on Sundays from May through September during our Lazy Summer Sundays! There are a few jobs where we always welcome more volunteers, and there are no age limits or special requirements.
You could help in our small tearoom serving drinks and cream teas, meet visitors as a steward, and/or be an extra pair of hands to keep things tidy.
DM us if you're interested!
The organisation my wife volunteers for has finally moved all its volunteer training online.
It's very clever, very cheap & extremely unfreindly.
The login initially assumes you are on the organisation's payroll and located within its premises and on their intranet - once I'd worked out how to get around that, it appears that it's impossible to stay logged in to do several courses at one sitting - you need to log in each time.
I'm not sure that the training itself has been run past any disability checks - Sacha has a degree of dyspraxia and she has really struggled with the training websites.
The manager is dismissive - the attitude comes across (meant or otherwise) as 'you're only a volunteer, so what?'
She's seriously thinking of giving up on the volunteering that she really loves and - I believe- does make a difference to a number of young lives. It's very niche - there's no alternative for her to move to.
#Volunteering 101: If you want to make your city better, a subject you may want to study is why and how people volunteer for things, particularly things that make communities better. You’ll take a fascinating journey into psychology and motivation, and here’s one of many things you may learn. People like events … like a weekend of tree-planting in Philly. https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-tree-planting-green-spring/
Volunteered for ham radio support for an event today. The most exciting thing was losing two amateurs who weren't responding to their radios when called, LOL. Oh, and the Abba tribute band. #hamradio #volunteering #abba
At my local #coop space preparing the workshop ahead of reopening tomorrow 
Walls and door painted 
Door fixed
Cleaned and tidied
I'm off for a week of full-time volunteering with Three Rings at 3Camp, our annual volunteer hack week: bringing together our distributed team for some intensive in-person time, working to make life better for charities around the world.
And if there's one good thing to come out of me being suddenly and unexpectedly laid-off two days ago, it's that I've got a shiny new laptop to do my voluntary work on (Automattic have said that I can keep it).
#note #threeRings #volunteering #laptop #computers #work #automattic #employment #devcamp #hackathon
This #EarthMonth join us in our annual Clean Bay Challenge—and make a difference close to home!
Baykeeper will provide all the tips and tools you need to conduct a safe and effective cleanup.
Learn more at:
baykeeper.org/cleanups/
Conservative Party of Canada paying people to canvas voters in Courtenay-Alberni!?
Crazy.
The only paid staff I have ever heard of in other parties are sometimes the Chief of Staff/Campaign Manager and/or the Financial Manager.
I have NEVER heard of canvassers getting paid.
(Screenshotted just in case)
#Elxn45 #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Elections #Volunteering
https://ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fa0fce3a2c9c7f07&from=shareddesktop_copy
cc: @davidakin
If you've ever wanted to help a political party in the hope that it might prevent the country from sliding into fascism, now is the time, btw.
You are allowed to only help how you want.
You may help more than one party (I usually volunteer with both the Greens and the Socialists).
They need tasks done that you can do from home, or at night, or with limited capacity, it's not all daytime walking/standing.
And it really does make a difference.
The slides for my talk today at #transform_D on how #Wikimedia projects can and do interact with other #volunteering communities
sit at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15104365 .
In German for now but if you'd be interested in an English version, please let me know. I am considering to submit a similar talk to Wikimania.
#Volunteering is good for you!
It’s linked to better physical & mental health for volunteers, with lower blood pressure, slower aging, & fewer depression symptoms, a gerontologist explains: https://buff.ly/XQgYgVx
#MentalHealth
This morning I'm off to Bunhill Fields Burial Ground with Friends of City Gardens for two hours volunteer gardening maintenance.
#Volunteering #Gardening #FriendsOfCityGardens
#BunhillFieldsBurialGround
Volunteer work can be extremely varied. For example, when you have to taste a giant omelette with the museum staff because Rosalie, the museum goose, has laid unfertilised eggs. Thank you Rosalie! Well, and, erm, Kasimir! 
Based in Sussex, UK, the Green Centre helps to give our planet a cleaner, greener future. Check out their wide-ranging programmes. https://www.thegreencentre.co.uk/
#Brighton #BrightonAndHove
#Volunteer #Volunteering #Sussex #SolarPunkSunday #UK #ZeroWaste #WildLife #Nature #Sustainability #Community
Worldwide opportunities to volunteer on organic farms: WWOOF organisations connect people who want to live and learn on organic farms and small-holdings with people who want to share their knowledge and way of life.
WWOOF (WorldWide Opportunities on Organic Farms) hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic and self-sufficient
lifestyles. https://wwoofinternational.org/ #Farming
#Volunteer #Volunteering #SelfSufficiency #SolarPunkSunday #OrganicFarming
Find Your Farm. Live and learn on organic farms in the United Kingdom
https://wwoof.org.uk/en/ #Farming
#Volunteer #Volunteering #SolarPunkSunday #UK #OrganicFarming
Volunteering Opportunities Around the World with Hippo Help 
https://hippohelp.com/ #Volunteer #Volunteering #SolarPunkSunday
„Fandom and the multimillion dollar business of monetizing volunteer work ” is my newest blog post about Fandom (big F), wikis, volunteer work and capitalism. If you have the time and any of those topics interest you, give it a read. 
https://frisk.space/posts/fandom-and-the-multimillion-business-of-monetizing-volunteer-work/
