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Participate, activate, create: Volunteer
BY: Nosheen Mohammad
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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Who benefits?
 the volunteer
 the organisation
 the community
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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?!”
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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
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Change your world…
START NOW!
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Thank you for your kind attention
Nosheen Mohammad
Nosheen Mohammad
nosheen.g.mohammad@gmail.com
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