Tell me about your commitment

I am a Chemist by profession, with a long experience in industry and later on in social work in the U3A in Slupsk, Poland. My experience in voluntary activity goes 2 years back, when after my retirement I began to work on voluntary basis with eldery people, especially in a project about Polish-German roots in […]

Marilyn (Mana) is a retired teacher who specialsied in infants.  She enjoys patchwork and creative writing as a hobby. Her experience of voluntaty work is mostly within the Miscarriage Association but she has also been a volunteer reader in Yorkhill Sick Children’s Hospital in glasgow and more recently has been teaching Asylum Seekers to read. […]

Janette has been an English as a Second language (ESL) teacher for over 20 years and also has a background inpsychology.  Her interests include learning foreign languages and travel. She currently runs a language cafe and also supports international students at Glasgow University.  In addition, she has worked as a voluntay literacy tutor with the […]

Hilde is a technical translator and interpreter for English, German and French. He voluntary experience includes providing advice over the telephone for the Epilepsy Society Scotland, braille transcribing for the RNIB and visiting old folkes homes. Hilde hopes to listen to other peoples experiences of volunteering.

Paul Gilliver is a married self-employed Chartered Accountant now professionally working less actively.  Student of Italian at Senior Studies Institute since 2005. Interested in live music of all kinds. Also enjoy country walking and staying in touch with our three grown up children. Memberships of National Trust for Scotland and of Historic Scotland reflect interest […]

Lynda Scott is project coordinator in the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the University of Strathclyde. She works within the Senior Studies Institute delivering a variety of adult learning projects.   She has a Masters in Human Resource Management. She enjoys working with people and in particular assisting people to reach their potential and find work […]

John Travers retired in 2008 after a career teaching English and History and as an educational administrator.  In the latter capacity, he was involved in organising a number of European projects under Comenius and other programmes.  He has studied Spanish for a number of years and occccasionally translates Spanish to English for a number of […]