Tell me about your commitment

At the moment I am a volunteer with a charity called Home-Start. They support families who have children under five years old. Home-Start supports almost 77,000 vulnerable children across the UK. In this country we have health visitors, who visit mothers, after they have given birth. If the mother has problems, they will continue to […]

I am currently involved with 2 different volunteering projects at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. I am a volunteer tour guide with the university which involves showing visitors around the two historic former church buildings which are owned by the university.  Our guiding season is from the beginning of May until the end of […]

I have been a volunteer with Glasgow Museums for some 10 years.  During this period I have volunteered in the Gallery of Modern Art as both a tour guide and on a much more regular basis with the Children’s Art Club.  The art club meets every Saturday morning and also holds workshops during school holidays […]

This project gave an opportunity to volunteers to meet other likeminded individuals and share experiences. There were conferences in Vienna, Slupsk in Poland and Glasgow. As well as being attended by delegates from these cities, there were also representatives from Barcelona, Berlin, Ulm and Slovenia. The conference in Glasgow and visits to other conferences was […]

We had a meeting at Strathclyde Universitywith Lynda Scott to link up with a group in Barcelona using skype.  When Ena, Janette and myself arrived we met Dorothy, Lesley and Paul who are going to the next Tell Me About Your Commitment conference inSlupsk,Poland.  Ena, Janette and I were at the conference inVienna and enjoyed […]

When we met for our first Skype session at Strathclyde University I wasn’t really very sure of what to expect because of not having any previous experience of being on Skype. However we met slightly earlier than the window that had been decided on and were given some notes about topics for us to speak. […]

The Centre for Lifelong Learning at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, invited people to attend a volunteer workshop in Vienna and consequently, I was able to join a group of people there for a ‘Tell Me about your Commitment’ Conference. We flew out on Wednesday 18 May and returned on Saturday 21st. It was great fun! When […]

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.