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The value of volunteering

The value of volunteering. Tom Davie Careers, Employability and Enterprise Centre. CAREERS, EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTERPISE CENTRE University of Durham 49 New Elvet Durham DH1 3PF Tel: 0191 334 1430 careers-advice@durham.ac.uk www.dur.ac.uk/careers-advice Monday to Friday

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The value of volunteering

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  1. The value of volunteering Tom Davie Careers, Employability and Enterprise Centre

  2. CAREERS, EMPLOYABILITY AND ENTERPISE CENTRE University of Durham 49 New Elvet Durham DH1 3PF Tel: 0191 334 1430 careers-advice@durham.ac.uk www.dur.ac.uk/careers-advice Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm (term time) 10am – 1pm and 2.15pm – 5pm (vacations)

  3. The value of volunteering • Contribute to the welfare and development of others • Have an impact on the physical environment • Experience different lifestyles and cultures • Develop transferable skills for the future – look good on your CV! • Help you with future related jobs or postgraduate study • “Too many people have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.”

  4. Volunteer Organisations - types • Cause specific • Amnesty International, Red Cross, WWF… • Governmental/Educational • British Council, JET… • ‘Charities’ • VSO, L’Arche, OXFAM… • Religious emphasis • CAFOD, Christian African Relief Trust, Arab Orthodox Society…

  5. Volunteering at ‘home’ • Community work/welfare • Youth work related • Environment/Conservation • Health Sector • Heritage/Museum Work • Sport and leisure

  6. Abroad – what type of voluntary experience and what places? • Social • Educational • Environmental/conservation

  7. Volunteering - Internationally • Combine travel & project based activities? • Do a number of short projects or one long one?

  8. The skills from volunteering • Planning • Communication • Self awareness • Problem solving • Team work • Cultural adaptation • Understanding of societal issues

  9. Adaptation • Cultural • Poverty • Climatic • Sanitary • Safety

  10. It can help you find employment in any sector that meets your values… • Last year we raised over £6.1m for our charity of the year, Marie Curie • Cancer Care, and this year we’re going all out for the Muscular Dystrophy • Campaign. Tesco • Our ‘Live, Lean and Thrive’ Corporate Cause aims to improve the lives of • children throughout the world. Proctor and Gamble • Leaders in the search for renewable power sources, having developed the • UK’s first offshore wind farm and operating hydroelectric power • stations…conducting business with a sense of responsibility for the • environment, customers and communities. npower

  11. And the 3rd Sector has jobs… Social Development Junior Consultant • SDDirect is an international network of over 200 professionals with expertise in social development, gender, human rights, political science, conflict and peace building and governance. We are committed to the eradication of poverty, global inequality and injustice. • We are looking for a confident,motivated self starter. This is a busy and varied role with plenty of scope for development. You will provide high-quality consultancy advice to a range of multinational, government and NGO clients working in international development, particularly in the areas of gender, civil society engagement, conflict, justice or governance. • You might be expected to provide a rapid-response research analysis on the social exclusion around maternal health, produce an in-depth literature review on gender and security sector reform or put together a proposal for an assessment of child rights in Central Asia. You may be required to travel to developing countries to carry out assignments. • Salary in the region of £25,000 p.a.

  12. Volunteering – Internationally – some useful websites • www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/search/node/volunteering • www.charityjobs.co.uk • www.worldwidevolunteering.org.uk • www.i-to-i.com/ • www.wse.org.uk • www.gapyear.com • www.teaching-abroad.co.uk • www.experiencedevelopment.org • www.bond.org.uk • www.workingabroad.com • www.oneworld.net

  13. Final thoughts… • Document your activities – use the PDP • Relate activities to transferable skills demonstrated - teamwork, problem solving, communication, initiative etc • Market your experience to employers/universities in the • future.

  14. Some sources of information • AGCAS publications – ‘Working Abroad’, ‘Voluntary Sector’ • NCVO – Voluntary Agencies Directory • Charities Digest • International Development Directory • International Directory of Voluntary Work, Victoria Pybus • Working in Development • Teaching English Abroad • Working Your Way Around the World • Summer Jobs Britain • Summer Jobs Abroad • World Wide Volunteering database • Vacancy Service/Employer files & contacts • Job Shop • www.prospects.ac.uk

  15. Thanks • For listening • Any reflections on what I’ve said? • Any

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