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Aberdeen Careers and Development Guide
Chapter 7 - Voluntary work
7.0
Voluntary work
Why do voluntary
work? There are many benefits to doing voluntary work.
Sometimes it can lead to paid employment. It also
provides opportunities to maintain and upgrade skills,
develop a local social network, meet like-minded people,
build up self-esteem and even improve your language
skills. A survey carried out through Reed Executive
showed that among 200 of the UK's leading businesses,
73% of employers would employ a candidate with
volunteering experience over one without. 94% of
employers believe that volunteering can add to skills.
There are plenty of
opportunities for voluntary work in Aberdeen. There are
many charitable organisations which are in need of help
in many different areas, i.e. helping in charity shops,
making tea for hospital visitors, driving patients to
daycare centres, helping in an office or fundraising.
The Yellow Pages lists many of these Charitable
Organisations. Voluntary Service Aberdeen is one of the
largest social care agencies in the UK. If you visit the
office at 38 Castle Street there is vast array of
informative literature on volunteer opportunities in
Aberdeen. They also have a very informative web site at
www.vsa.org.uk.
You will also find
pleas for help in The Press and Journal and Evening
Express, and if you live outside the city there is also
the Deeside paper 'Deeside Piper'. Look out for notices
in your local library or go along to charity coffee
mornings, sales of work or jumble sales and ask to be
introduced to one of the organisers.
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