Author Archives: vaddict

Volunteers Week is almost over for another year and what better way to celebrate than … volunteering Doing Good for Nothing with Ecclesiastical… you heard it doing good for absolutely nothing! Around 35 people have been brought together in Birmingham to … Continue reading →

Happy Volunteers Week Everyone!  I hope you are all having a fun, volunteering filled week and celebrating the incredible, inspirational achievements of volunteers across the country and the globe. I’m sure this year may have seen even more people getting … Continue reading →

It is clear I love all things volunteering, in fact some might say I am a bit of an addict! However I am attempting to cut back (a little) to leave room for a couple of other things I have … Continue reading →

Those regular excuses for not volunteering ‘I’m too busy’ ‘I don’t have time’ … they are all myths! You always have time to do something, no matter how small and with our free day tomorrow, we really have no excuse. … Continue reading →

A great blog post by Bec Ordish, Founder and Director of the Mitrataa Foundation in Nepal. Read on to find her thoughts and advice on choosing the right volunteering opportunities abroad. As voluntourism increases in popularity, so do the inevitable … Continue reading →

I’m in love and I have been for quite some time. Tomorrow is a day when we show that special someone we care about how much they mean to us and how much we love them. To show my true … Continue reading →

Could you find a cooler place to volunteer? The Moringa Tree offices are filled with awesome music buffs, creatives, volunteer obsessives and inspiring innovate people. Their offices in a church in Hackney are buzzing all day with new ideas flying … Continue reading →

It is less than week to Christmas and though they don’t celebrate Christmas here, as with anywhere they are always up for a party and so organise a party is just what I did. I woke at 6am to meet … Continue reading →

It was my last day at the kindergarten today, the class seemed busier than usual with 40 children, perhaps they are all eager to get their end of term reports and the free breakfast, or perhaps word had got out … Continue reading →

Today I was asked to take a trip to the Bali hot springs and students who were studying various tourism modules at college would be my tour guides. In exchange I would give them a chance to practice their touring … Continue reading →