17
Nov
The Four Levels of Volunteering
My experience over the last year of volunteering within various organisations has led me to the view that there at least four different types of volunteering.
The first level is an organisation consisting purely of volunteers. It has been estimated, for example, that there are over 49,000 formally organised amateur arts groups across the country with [...]
9
Nov
Full of life
The Young Foundation and Age UK Lambeth have teamed up to provide innovative self-help, peer-support groups for people 65 years and over in Lambeth.
The ‘Full of Life’ project aims to enhance important life skills and increase the wellbeing of older residents so that they feel more able to deal with day to day challenges in [...]