Well hello there lovely readers!
Just a quick post for a change to tell you about my most recent venture, as Project Admin Intern for the Cultivate Training Programme. In April 2012 I was part of the pilot for this project, where myself and around 14 others spent 10 weeks (plus a few extra) working our way through an SQA Award in Volunteering Skills. What was meant to be a 10 week course to pass some time and give me a little something extra to stick on my CV has turned into something substantially more, as I've continued to be involved with the Creative Learning team (formerly Arts Development) through the Skirts & Tales project, and now through Cultivate round 2. This time I am helping out in a paid capacity, however, as Admin Intern. I help with documenting and archiving each session, with typing up assessment notes, with evaluation of the project and with the blog, which you can read here. I am really happy to have been asked to stick around, and it's also nice to help others think about volunteering, to know the benefits for themselves and the organisation they choose to help, and to learn more about their skills and interests and how to find volunteer opportunities to match this. Incidentally, from my own experience of looking for volunteer opportunities in Aberdeen, the absolute best place to look is the volunteer centre. I've gotten a lot of support from the team at ACVO as well as Creative Learning, and the fact that I still have no idea what I'm doing with my life serves to highlight only my own fickleness and definitely not lack of quality support, which I've had plenty of from these organisations!
If you fancy a laugh I did something a bit stupid this week, and there's a Youtube video to prove it, which you can watch if you've a minute to kill.
Anyway, over and out for now. Be kind to each other and don't jump off of anything high.
Love love love,
Naomi
