Posts tagged Volunteering

If you had asked me a couple of years ago why I would volunteer, I would have said curiosity. If you were to ask me now, I would say because it is fun. My adventure with volunteering started in my second year of university, when I found out about Girlguiding volunteers... Read more

In recent weeks I’ve been pondering developments in technology – in particular robots and artificial intelligence (AI). I’m thoughtful of how these advances might impact on the future of volunteering. A common narrative on this theme is people versus technology. It’s one or the... Read more

“If you want something finished quickly, hand it to the busiest person in the room” – Jenny Craig (my Mum). I never thought I’d be the person who people came to for help. Since I discovered the joys of volunteering, I have always wanted to be busy, signing up for new projects and... Read more

Volunteers week 2018 has the strap line ‘Volunteering for All’ for all UK countries. I’m especially pleased about this, as it’s a direct take from the work being led by the Scottish Government with bold and ambitious thinking to make it the norm for everyone to be engaged in all... Read more

Does our sector need to consider a new approach to volunteering? History is littered with examples of things that have been unsuccessful as a result of a failure to recognise the need for a change in approach. Remember Blockbuster Film rental? Bigger at the time, they turned down... Read more

As you might already know, ‘volunteering for all’ is the theme for this year’s Volunteers’ Week (1st -7th June). We’ve been chatting to Louise McGinty, Volunteer Development Manager, at Quarriers about the types of volunteer opportunities they have across Scotland and hearing... Read more

People volunteer for a number of reasons and over the last few years Good HQ has been encouraging people to share their experiences of volunteering to help raise awareness of the charities they support and encourage others to volunteer too. Take a look at just some of the... Read more

Can you think about a service which you use every week which is almost completely run by volunteers? It disrupted a 250 year old industry and made a Microsoft product irrelevant. That service is Wikipedia, with 136,119 volunteers contributing in the last 30 days to the English... Read more

Microvolunteering can have a big impact on your organisation if you do it right. On Sunday, organisations were taking to social media to encourage people to take part in microvolunteer opportunities to support their cause on Microvolunteer Day. What is microvolunteering? Well, it... Read more

There are some things that sit on your ‘to-do’ list for weeks, maybe even months. Things that you really want to do but just never get around to actually doing. It might be starting a new hobby, signing yourself up to that dreaded half marathon or volunteering for a good cause... Read more