Volunteering

WHAT is the activity?

• What are your aims?
• Fundraising?
• Providing practical support?
• Raising awareness of something?
• What are your exact targets?
• A sum of money?
• Doing the weekly shopping for an elderly neighbour?
• Ensuring your target group receives all the information you are giving out?
• Getting a community centre renovated and up and running?
• Does your plan fit well with activities that normally take place where you work? For example, if you work in a hospital, perhaps you could organise a party there.

Seven employees from Sabourn Court, Leeds donned dog costumes to help raise funds for a puppy to be trained by Guide Dogs for the Blind. The group of seven spent four hours pushing a barrow around the area, collecting more than £300. Their contribution enabled the care home to reach its £2,500 target