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Thursday Nov 27, 2008
My new favourite video...
Every so often something comes along and "blindsides you on a some lazy Tuesday afternoon" (as I believe Baz Lurhmann once said). Anyway, this dropped into my inbox, and I have to say it's totally changed my perception of one charity as a result. It's a bit long, but worth it for the pay-off and the simple message at the end.
Our ambitious plans for do-it.org.uk
We are very proud of our achievements at do-it.org.uk. Over the past eight years, with the support of our voluntary sector partners, we've built the UK's largest volunteering database, containing more than one million opportunities to volunteer.
But that's not all. We now have over 300,000 registered volunteers who apply for more than 30,000 volunteering opportunities with over 21,000 charities each month.
That's a lot of people, doing a lot of volunteering. But we're not ready to stop there. We believe volunteering can transform society, and we want to connect more people with the causes that need their help.
To help us do just that, we have launched a fundraising campaign that will help us revolutionise do-it.org.uk.
Some of our registered volunteers will have received an email about this campaign today. If you are one of them, I hope the email you received conveyed just how passionate we are about volunteering, and the difference it can make to the world.
We'll keep you updated on our plans for do-it.org.uk on this blog, but if you have any thoughts, ideas or suggestions, why not add them as a comment to this post?
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