Reflect on Your Skills and Talents
Whether you’re a retired photographer, teacher, web designer, accountant, or chef, your unique skills can help others. We can help you reflect on your skills and talents to offer and share with charitable causes.
Some curated articles just for you, to guide you towards a volunteer experience that is right for you:
How to Make an Offer to Help
Here’s an interview with a volunteer engagement professional on how to share your talents, experience and knowledge and make an offer to volunteer. Potential Volunteer (PV): What would the first step be for me if I wish to offer my skills and abilities to an organization as a volunteer? Volunteer Engagement Professional (VEP): You could begin by looking up an organization or a few organizations to [read full article]
Make a Joyful Noise
Choirs are a great way for older adults to stay engaged in their community — not only as singers but as volunteers too! Choirs don’t run on their own, the more hands on deck the more the choir functions smoothly and concerts are successful. There are few requirements for joining a choir other than a willingness to sing. As for volunteering, choir members, and support people [read full article]
Barriers and Enablers to Volunteering
What might be stopping people from volunteering and what would encourage people to get involved? These are two really good questions for older adults who are considering volunteering. Mitigating the reservations people may have about volunteering can be addressed with: more useful and realistic information — much of what blocks people from volunteering can be addressed and rectified, as some of the blockers are rooted in [read full article]
Not Sure Where to Begin – A Self-Assessment Questionnaire
You Want to Volunteer… But you are: Uncertain about what kind of volunteering you should do or want to do? Wondering how to match your skills, experience and passion with volunteering? Thinking about the practical things related to volunteering? We invite you to begin with our 5 Suggested Steps Self-Assessment: Step ONE Consider your reasons, your “why,” for volunteering (choose as many as you wish): I [read full article]
