#writeclub #Volunteering #Sports Its Four o’clock in the morning and i’m up with the lark the bag is packed for the job and i’m headed for the park Breakfast of fruity muesli builds up my resolve as i ponder over the job in hand and problems i might have to solve I dress up warmly …
Category Archives: Volunteering
Recipe for Success
#Writeclub #Recipeforsuccess Photo by Anastasia Ilina-Makarova on Pexels.com What makes up a successful day? Recipes vary – so make it your way curious minds working together in a task putting in an effort for the public when asked solving dilemmas in imaginative ways and providing answers to all in a day giving directions so people …
Valued
#Socs #Val #Valued Volunteers…. as you know – they don’t get paid but lots of them sign up for the tasks they are given – it’s up to them how many hours they do but every day you’ll see them – aiding the cause day by day – doing jobs for more esteem than finance
Six Words : Volunteering
New Year : Back to the coalface
Show n Tell
Educate Salford, 4th September I’m sat down having Just got home from the Imperial war museum, in Manchester, where i’ve been helping out in the galleries, helping people around. In this role , i’m occasionally stood by the information station, where various objects to do with the first and second world war are on display …
Summat’s Brewing
Tea Salford, 29th June 2017 New day, new morning, New opportunity. Granted, it might not be paid. But I’m working with some great people I’m approaching my new role with little baby steps (odd for a 40-odd yr old) and all with a smile! taking and delivering orders, brewing cuppas, washing pots and pans and …
Fashion on the Ration
Salford 5th January 2017 This afternoon, I’ve been helping out at Imperial War Museum North just over the bridge from Salford, by the banks of the Manchester ship canal. Regular readers will know I help out with the computers on the “Your History” information point and throughout the Main exhibition space. Well, Today I’ve been directing visitors by …
Martyrdom
Martyr I’m a martyr to my aches and pains I Really Despise that phrase with a passion. There’s a reason for this. Firstly, when I was born (a month early – apparently), I didn’t ask for the conditions that were thrown at me. I’m split – in some ways – in the fact that without …
Memories of London 2012 – Paralympics
Salford August 2012 There have been a number of camps throughout the city, hosting athletes from many nations and in many sports in relation to the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Brazil were no different, and used venues up and down the city from the Regional Athletic Arena at Sportcity to the Manchester Aquatics centre on Oxford Road. Athletes …
Cogs in the Machine
“They turned up in their hundreds….lining the street…with pointers and maps”
The Inkwell 