Volunteers' Week 2024
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This year marks the 40th anniversary of Volunteers' Week.
Volunteers' Week is a celebration of the millions of volunteers across the UK.
As well as helping others, volunteering can:
- improve your well-being
- help you gain valuable new skills and experiences
- boost your confidence
Thank you for sharing your stories with us about:
- why you volunteer and what you enjoy
- what difference volunteers make to your organisation
We support over 350 volunteers across Lincolnshire. They contribute with their commitment and drive.
These volunteers help us to deliver the highest quality of services. Without them many sites would not be able to operate to the standard that our residents and visitors expect.
We have some fantastic opportunities for you to get involved visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/volunteer.
These opportunities allow you to:
- do something you enjoy
- meet new friends
- gain experience
- provide a real feeling of supporting your community
Share your volunteering experience with us
Please share your stories of your volunteer experience.
If you wish to share photo's or video's of your volunteering experience, please complete the following consent form, so the image can be shown on our volunteering page. Photography consent form | Details – Lincolnshire County Council
Please do not share any personal information about yourself or anybody else here as everyone who visits the page will be able to read what you have written.
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Volunteers are Priceless
I have been volunteering most Sunday's for ECHO - Lincoln Branch Community Kitchen since Christmas Day 2018.
ECHO provides a hot 2-course meal, hot and cold drinks, and a cold food bag for ‘laters’ every Sunday. Currently our kitchen is based at Croft Street Community Centre, and we have seen numbers steadily rising to the point that we regularly serve over 70 people each week.
But its more than just a kitchen serving food. Our volunteer team are reliable, well organised, caring and compassionate, and a great sense of humour is essential! We greet our regulars by name – as... Continue reading
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Out Checking Public Rights Of Way
Good to be out checking footpaths in the Horsington area as a Countryside Volunteer and it’s always good to find when improvements have been done.
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Volun-cheers!
The Public Rights of Way & Access Team would like to thank all our countryside access volunteers across the county.
We really appreciate all you do:
* report issues
* clear vegetation
* replace waymarkers
Thank you for being the eyes and ears on the ground. You play a vital role in helping us keep the rights of way network open and easy to use for locals and visitors.
Thank you for all your time and support.
We look forward to continue working with you.
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Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project - Massive thank you to our amazing volunteers!
A massive thank you from the Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project to all the wonderful volunteers who help look after and monitor our globally rare chalk streams and blow wells in Lincolnshire.
Volunteers help to maintain riverbanks, survey aquatic invertebrates, monitor water quality, collect data on the blow wells, help out at events, manage wildlife cameras, tackle invasive species, the list could go on!!
The Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project hosted by Lincolnshire County Council could not deliver the work they do to protect, enhance and promote the chalk streams in Lincolnshire without the huge effort and time put in by our... Continue reading
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Schools, Communities, Girlguiding, Charities and the world of Golf!
Over the last 16 years, I have spent my spare time supporting a variety of causes. This has included fundraising for charities and raising sponsorship, Classroom Assistant, PE Assistant and delivering sports coaching within schools, Girlguiding Leader, Trustee for a charity supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds, organising and managing girls golf across Lincolnshire, alongside sitting on my Golf Club Junior Committee and organising lots of provision for children and beginner/learner golfers.
Volunteering has provided me with invaluable skills and experiences which have enabled me to develop personally and professionally and helped to shape my career pathway. I have thoroughly enjoyed... Continue reading
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40 years volunteering!!?
40 years a Girlguiding leader, adviser and commissioner too!!
I just can't believe where time has gone from camping, music festivals, making things, doing this in different places. Helping others complete their qualifications to work with girls from 4 to 18 now - was 5 to 25. Meeting lifelong friends and even going to the Buckingham Palace Garden Party with Queen Elizabeth.
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Countryside Access Volunteer - fresh air and well being
A year ago I signed up to be a Countryside Access Volunteer, I was already walking PPPP DIVA miles a week and we had got stuck in a rut of the same old walks, and moaning about broken finger posts.
Volunteering not only enabled me to explore new routes and villages around our spectacular county, it also enabled me to fix problems, report barriers and enable other people to access the countryside "problem free"
The team that run the volunteering are so friendly and helpful, all the tools and maps are provided and they action issues promptly.
I would really... Continue reading