The European Year of Volunteering tour came to the UK last week, and took up residence in the Coin Street Community Centre. While there I spoke to Stephen Crocker, who ran the Leeds City Council initiative to have a Leeds Year of Volunteering in 2010. He tells me why he thinks more local councils andContinue reading “Volunteering – it’s not as hard as you think”
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Heading out to the country
I spent several days last week out of the office, which is going to be the great bit about the new job (getting out there and meeting real people, that is, rather than not being in the office…!) I started in Durham, speaking at an event on Europe in My Region, hosted by the EuropeContinue reading “Heading out to the country”
Leeds – city of volunteering
I was in Leeds yesterday for a conference on the European Year of Volunteering, organised by Leeds City Council. I was invited to give a presentation about the European aspects of the year. But it was just really interesting to be at the event, hearing what Leeds is doing. They had a local year of volunteeringContinue reading “Leeds – city of volunteering”