Have you put in 100 hours to help others?

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Nominate someone you know for an award for the great voluntary work they're doing

Ealing Volunteer Centre is awarding all new Volunteers who have completed 100 hours of voluntary service over the past 12 months - including time spent in travel, and training, as well as helping others.

To claim your award please contact 0800 652 3183. The 100 hour award is open to all volunteers who live, study, work or volunteer in the borough of Ealing. You will need to have started volunteering after 1 April 2007.

Next awards are in Volunteers Week - closing date for nominations 1st April 2009

Lizzie Saunders, Manager of Ealing Volunteer Centre, which provides a free advice service to  Ealing residents who are interested in volunteering, said: ”People are often surprised to hear about the huge range of voluntary roles there are to choose from.

"You can do everything from admin and IT work, to bird ringing and haymaking, mentoring young people recovering from drug addictions, restoring steam locomotives, playing with toddlers with disabilities, helping at local carnivals, making props for a theatre company, serving meals to homeless people, leading a knitting group, visiting over 80s who are housebound, or helping with your local Guides or Brownies group.

"There’s something for everyone – anyone living in Ealing who wants to find out more should call us on our freephone number 0800 652 3183 to make a free one-to-one appointment with a volunteering advisor. Volunteering for just two or three hours a week can make an enormous difference to the lives of others – and to the volunteer!"

 

February 11, 2009