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Sarah Swaysland
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
It's all a bit Bazaar... Volunteering at my community centre's Christmas Bazaar
Who doesn't love a local fete? It's a great way of supporting your local community and smashing in a bargain at the same time. I still...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
Micro-volunteering - because every little helps...
On Monday morning, my LinkedIn feed was littered with one image; Tesco telling people to go to the pub instead of telling you about...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Mar 25, 2021
- 5 min
One Year a Volunteer - 5 Tips on How to be a Good Volunteer
Now is a time of reflection. It’s been a year since the country went into lockdown, which means it’s been a year since my freelance...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Mar 4, 2021
- 5 min
Six ways to keep your volunteers engaged
Engaging volunteers is different to engaging employees as they are there because they want to be, not because you are paying for them. More
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Sarah Swaysland
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
40 Days and 40 Nights
It's exactly one week until Lent officially starts, so it feels quite strange that I've already completed 40 days of my...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Jan 26, 2021
- 5 min
25 Days into my 100 Day Challenge
I'm a quarter of the way through my 100 days! I'm still enjoying the challenge, and have reached the point where I am in habit-building...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Jan 5, 2021
- 5 min
100 Days of Volunteering
It all started with some resolutions... I always wake up on New Year's Day with a sense of optimism for the new year that's just...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Dec 21, 2020
- 6 min
Volunteering At... My Local Food Bank - with my Local MP
This week, I volunteered at my local food bank. It's something I've wanted to do for a while now, as I live in an area where the local...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Oct 4, 2020
- 3 min
Volunteering at... The Local Library
I've always loved books, and believe that once a student of literature, you are always a student of literature. When the opportunity came up
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Sarah Swaysland
- Sep 18, 2020
- 3 min
The literal fruits of my labour
Growing things is so rewarding, especially when you can share them with your community.
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Sarah Swaysland
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min
Good News for Giving Back! Week Ending, 13th September
Another great week for giving back. Even Facebook is giving something positive back to the world this week, so there is hope!
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Sarah Swaysland
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Good News for Giving Back! Week Ending, 23rd August
What would you do if your doorbell rang and it was award-winning musical artist Cher, dressed in a postal worker's uniform...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Marcus Rashford: "Just look at what we can do when we come together"
This is a story I would usually reserve for the Great News for Giving Back weekly blog post, but I've been so impressed with Marcus Rashford
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Sarah Swaysland
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
I love it when a community comes together - Merton Mutual Aid
For most people, MMA stands for Mixed Martial Arts; for me, it stands for Merton Mutual Aid. Merton Mutual Aid is grassroots community...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
Good News for Giving Back! Week Ending, 7th June
A few stories from the past week, highlighting fantastic volunteer work from around the globe.
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Sarah Swaysland
- May 24, 2020
- 3 min
Good News for Giving Back! Week Ending, 24th May, 2020
In a world that is filled with negativity, disease and just plain nasty things, the Good News for Giving Back blog post will be a weekly...
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Sarah Swaysland
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
Call me definitely... Telephone befriending with AgeUK
When we eventually come out of the other side of Covid-19, I am absolutely certain that we will be able to list a bunch of positives that...
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Sarah Swaysland
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
The Tomato Project Part 1: How to inspire community growth for just 58p
I first tried my hand at gardening with gusto in 2019 - pretty unsuccessfully I might add. Prior to that, I'd always been given tomato...
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