Make A Difference Day – Sat 29^th October

Have you ever considered volunteering and making a difference to perhaps someone’s life or community, but just never got round to making it happen? Well this Saturday the 29^th October is Make a Difference Day, a campaign organised by CVS aimed at encouraging people to get involved in volunteering to help make a difference.

This year’s theme will be highlighting how volunteers can help to tackle loneliness and isolation.  The charity is calling for volunteers to register their activity, which can include anything from creating a bus stop garden to teaching IT skills, renovating a homeless shelter or knitting blankets for cats and dogs in shelters.

For further information or to register your interest click here

To support the work of volunteering and the great work that volunteers do, the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is offering free* training in health improvement to people who are volunteering / or thinking of volunteering.  Under the East London Health Makers Scheme, participants will gain a Level 2 Award in Understanding Health Improvement, which will enable them to not only understand the importance of healthy living and physical activity, but also how to positively encourage others to make healthier lifestyle choices.  By being educated, proactive and reaching out to people of need, we can all help to diminish health inequalities and improve the quality of peoples lives.

For further information on training please contact Nelly Araujo by email: naraujo@rsph.org.uk or by phone: 020 7265 7322. 

*The funding has been made available through the Mayor's Legacy Fund and the Big Lottery.  To be eligible to receive free training, all applicants must be willing to commit to volunteering work in London and be able to provide information on the organisation they will be volunteering at.