Why you should volunteer.

jacko91

Not sure this is in the right place but I wanted to share.
Anyway, I have just finished my first year at CCCU and I volunteered to help with the open day.
So I get there and met thee girl I will be working with an she told me if I sign in then I get paid £25, she then proceded to take me to the place and help me fill in the form and then told me I can clam back my train cost (£7.30), then I was given a £1 lunch voucher (it doesn't sound alot but meant I only had to pay 25p for some chips, then the lecturers put their lunch vouchers together and bought chocolates, so I got a kitkat and maltesers.

So out of volunteering I got £32.50, maltesers, kitkat, lunch voucher and a bottle of water.

What a result.

:j

missile

Good for you. I guess CCCU is a university?

jacko91

Canterbury Christ Church University. Was really surprised at how much they gave me.

katerinasol

Erm, I see the point you're making, but to be fair I think people should volunteer to help those less fortunate than us, not to get free lunch :P

jacko91

katerinasol wrote: »

Erm, I see the point you're making, but to be fair I think people should volunteer to help those less fortunate than us, not to get free lunch :P

That is very true, but I volunteered not thinking I would get anything. Maybe my title was not the best choice.

chika

I think the title is fine. Lots of peole think volunteering is sheer altruism and you only get a nice warm glow from doing it. When I did voluntary work I used to get paid a fair bit in expenses and meals etc too. I guess pay is the wrong word but I always came back with more money than I left with. I also got to travel a lot and stay in very nice hotels that I wouldn't be able to do alone. Plus the things I did and people I worked with all looks great on my CV. Volunteering is well worth doing, even if you are just doing it for yourself!

jacko91

chika wrote: »

I think the title is fine. Lots of peole think volunteering is sheer altruism and you only get a nice warm glow from doing it. When I did voluntary work I used to get paid a fair bit in expenses and meals etc too. I guess pay is the wrong word but I always came back with more money than I left with. I also got to travel a lot and stay in very nice hotels that I wouldn't be able to do alone. Plus the things I did and people I worked with all looks great on my CV. Volunteering is well worth doing, even if you are just doing it for yourself!

I have applied to volunteer to sit on a young offender panel and as an independent monitoring board in a prison but waiting for security checks to go through. These are great for me, I get expenses but I would do it without, I am really interested in it and I want to help others.

johnnyboyrebel

I applaud anyone that has time in their life for any kind of voluntary work. Personally I don't have any time for it but wished I sis.

Print_Screen

I think with "Big Society" and all that many people will be forced to volunteer as their jobs will disappear and they will be expected to do the same job gratis for the "good of society".

Remember "we're all in it together" :money:said the millionaires in the cabinet.

3v3

Good for you OP and congrats on surviving your 1st year :beer:

katerinasol wrote: »

Erm, I see the point you're making, but to be fair I think people should volunteer to help those less fortunate than us, not to get free lunch :P

The type of volunteering the OP was doing had nothing to do with people "less fortunate" It was a University open day (for prospective students).

Actually, now I think of the hike in uni fee's ... yup, maybe they do fall under the umbrella "less fortunate"

jackieb

My son is 22 and has signed up at Volunteer Scotland in our town. He has an interview next week to see what he would be most suited to. My 18yo volunteers at a local charity shop. It's all good. Keeps then occupied, lets them meet new people, and it's always a good thing to have on your CV. Mine have various problems with mixing socially (asperger's, dyspraxia). Both have done the Prince's Trust course where they had to raise money for a community project. This did the world of good for their self-confidence, hence why they are now interested in volunteering.