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  1. Country pride events struggle to survive as volunteers dwindle
    By Rachel Hagan

    In the remote WA town of Carnarvon, Queernavon has been running pride events for three years. A lack of volunteers means they may not go ahead this year and organisers worry about what that will mean for the community.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/car

    #LGBTQIA #RegionalCommunities #Volunteering #CommunityandCulturalEvents #RachelHagan

  2. On Desktops, Smartphones and Volunteering

    Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Yet another article has been written about how smartphones are a trap we built for ourselves by VOX. The article is paywalled so I didn’t read it but it’s worth commenting on the headline.

    This weekend I was in Divonne volunteering at the Triathlon de Divonne and during this time I was surprised by a single thing. I was surprised by how many people I knew through cycling, after-work drinks and one or two from running. Divonne isn’t a place that I go to very often. I usually go on the last Saturday of the month, to ride with friends.

    One of those friends deals with the Triathlon de Divonne, so that’s why I volunteered. In so doing I found that my ties to Divonne are stronger than I expected. When I ran at the Wake Up and Run event I was surprised by how few people I knew were there, whereas with the Triathlon the opposite is true.

    It is also worth noting that by volunteering at this event I spent the entire day with people, whether it was children transitioning at the bike park from, swimming to cycling, to running, or adults placing their bikes, to cars waiting to be able to pass due to us blocking the roads for cyclist safety.

    We often blame smart phones for isolating us but recently I heard a comment about how much homework children get, and how as it increases children stop playing outside. With time that isolation increases, and increases. If you have homework groups then theoretically you undercut that isolation, but in practice it’s easier, logistically to go home.

    As we become adults, in the world of work, we are desk bound to computer based jobs and if we get up for a little chat we are immediately told off for slacking off. The irony is that if you’re a smoker that slacking off is accepted, but if you’re a non-smoker, chatting with a smoker then you’re a slacker. Remember Rachel Green in Friends for a 90s example.

    We love to blame smartphones for being a trap but we don’t consider our computer based jobs in high pressure environments that require us to be focused and unsociable.

    Before smartphones, and data plans Blackberry and some Nokia phones had data but it required a special plan. Before that you needed your laptop and either a network port and cable, or a wifi card. With smartphones you get convenience.

    For the last two days, people with their bibs and bike stickers should recover their bikes. If they didn’t have their smartphones, with the confirmation e-mail bike recovery was complicated. Those that did not have their phones had to leave their bikes, get their bib or some other form of identification before being allowed to depart.

    Smartphones are seen as an addiction centre by many, but that’s because plenty of people don’t remember why smartphones make life more convenient. Would you want to go to a triathlon with your laptop, left in a bag, in a locker?

    The article wrote about mindless scrolling on a smartphone, despite being a new parent and my comment to that is simple. Until 2007 social networks were small communities of like minded people in the middle of conversation. From 2007 onwards, with hashtags, and zynga farming games we shifted from conversations with friends to spamming with friends, with various requests.

    With Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, when we had conversations within tight knit communities, with our sharing of photos, we weren’t mindlessly scrolling. We were socialising.

    When Twitter shifted to hashtags the social aspect was lost, and when Instagram was sold to Facebook it went from community to influencers. It went from being a social investment to being a waste of time, for advertisers and influencers to spam us.

    Remember, social media, via smart phones was made ubiquitous and convenient, but with the wrong moral compass being used, apps that connected us disconnected us. Today if we use FB and Twitter, and Instagram we’re being antisocial to those we are with. Before social media was the glue that bound us together as a community. Seesmeetups, and Tweetups, and uni friend events.

    Photos of ID cards helped people who didn’t have their ID cards with them prove that they were who they said they were via photos of their ID cards, and other people could get their bibs sooner, because they had the confirmation e-mail, without printing out, saving plenty of paper. In theory it saved 1100 pieces of paper from being printed.

    In the post social media age it makes sense to volunteer to events where you’re surrounded by people, to join running groups and to join cycling groups, because, in so doing, you leave your phone in your pocket and live in the moment.

    Dark design patterns encourage us to waste time on devices. If, instead of blaming the technology, we held app designers to account, then apps would provide real value instead of wasting our time, especially reels.

    I hate that we can spend hours watching pointless reels, with no engagement, no value, and no reward. We’re not social, we’re not learning, we’re not getting value, and yet we’re wasting hours.

    Remember, pre-Facebok Instagram was a social network based on friends we knew in person. We don’t need to give up smartphones to revert to healthier habits, just the toxic apps.

    #computers #deskJobs #digital #humanContact #volunteering
  3. On Desktops, Smartphones and Volunteering

    Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Yet another article has been written about how smartphones are a trap we built for ourselves by VOX. The article is paywalled so I didn’t read it but it’s worth commenting on the headline.

    This weekend I was in Divonne volunteering at the Triathlon de Divonne and during this time I was surprised by a single thing. I was surprised by how many people I knew through cycling, after-work drinks and one or two from running. Divonne isn’t a place that I go to very often. I usually go on the last Saturday of the month, to ride with friends.

    One of those friends deals with the Triathlon de Divonne, so that’s why I volunteered. In so doing I found that my ties to Divonne are stronger than I expected. When I ran at the Wake Up and Run event I was surprised by how few people I knew were there, whereas with the Triathlon the opposite is true.

    It is also worth noting that by volunteering at this event I spent the entire day with people, whether it was children transitioning at the bike park from, swimming to cycling, to running, or adults placing their bikes, to cars waiting to be able to pass due to us blocking the roads for cyclist safety.

    We often blame smart phones for isolating us but recently I heard a comment about how much homework children get, and how as it increases children stop playing outside. With time that isolation increases, and increases. If you have homework groups then theoretically you undercut that isolation, but in practice it’s easier, logistically to go home.

    As we become adults, in the world of work, we are desk bound to computer based jobs and if we get up for a little chat we are immediately told off for slacking off. The irony is that if you’re a smoker that slacking off is accepted, but if you’re a non-smoker, chatting with a smoker then you’re a slacker. Remember Rachel Green in Friends for a 90s example.

    We love to blame smartphones for being a trap but we don’t consider our computer based jobs in high pressure environments that require us to be focused and unsociable.

    Before smartphones, and data plans Blackberry and some Nokia phones had data but it required a special plan. Before that you needed your laptop and either a network port and cable, or a wifi card. With smartphones you get convenience.

    For the last two days, people with their bibs and bike stickers should recover their bikes. If they didn’t have their smartphones, with the confirmation e-mail bike recovery was complicated. Those that did not have their phones had to leave their bikes, get their bib or some other form of identification before being allowed to depart.

    Smartphones are seen as an addiction centre by many, but that’s because plenty of people don’t remember why smartphones make life more convenient. Would you want to go to a triathlon with your laptop, left in a bag, in a locker?

    The article wrote about mindless scrolling on a smartphone, despite being a new parent and my comment to that is simple. Until 2007 social networks were small communities of like minded people in the middle of conversation. From 2007 onwards, with hashtags, and zynga farming games we shifted from conversations with friends to spamming with friends, with various requests.

    With Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, when we had conversations within tight knit communities, with our sharing of photos, we weren’t mindlessly scrolling. We were socialising.

    When Twitter shifted to hashtags the social aspect was lost, and when Instagram was sold to Facebook it went from community to influencers. It went from being a social investment to being a waste of time, for advertisers and influencers to spam us.

    Remember, social media, via smart phones was made ubiquitous and convenient, but with the wrong moral compass being used, apps that connected us disconnected us. Today if we use FB and Twitter, and Instagram we’re being antisocial to those we are with. Before social media was the glue that bound us together as a community. Seesmeetups, and Tweetups, and uni friend events.

    Photos of ID cards helped people who didn’t have their ID cards with them prove that they were who they said they were via photos of their ID cards, and other people could get their bibs sooner, because they had the confirmation e-mail, without printing out, saving plenty of paper. In theory it saved 1100 pieces of paper from being printed.

    In the post social media age it makes sense to volunteer to events where you’re surrounded by people, to join running groups and to join cycling groups, because, in so doing, you leave your phone in your pocket and live in the moment.

    Dark design patterns encourage us to waste time on devices. If, instead of blaming the technology, we held app designers to account, then apps would provide real value instead of wasting our time, especially reels.

    I hate that we can spend hours watching pointless reels, with no engagement, no value, and no reward. We’re not social, we’re not learning, we’re not getting value, and yet we’re wasting hours.

    Remember, pre-Facebok Instagram was a social network based on friends we knew in person. We don’t need to give up smartphones to revert to healthier habits, just the toxic apps.

    #computers #deskJobs #digital #humanContact #volunteering
  4. Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

    Supervision no longer automatically keeps frequent child-facing volunteers outside regulated activity. Here is when enhanced DBS checks may apply.

    ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do

  5. Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

    Supervision no longer automatically keeps frequent child-facing volunteers outside regulated activity. Here is when enhanced DBS checks may apply.

    ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do

  6. Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

    Supervision no longer automatically keeps frequent child-facing volunteers outside regulated activity. Here is when enhanced DBS checks may apply.

    ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do

  7. Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

    Supervision no longer automatically keeps frequent child-facing volunteers outside regulated activity. Here is when enhanced DBS checks may apply.

    ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do

  8. Do Supervised School Volunteers Now Need DBS Checks?

    Supervision no longer automatically keeps frequent child-facing volunteers outside regulated activity. Here is when enhanced DBS checks may apply.

    ferdiox.com/blog/2026/09/14/do

  9. Enfield woman shows why age is no barrier to volunteering

    Dionne John on how an 85-year-old volunteer is making a difference at a local foodbank Ordnance Pantry volunteer…
    #London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Enfield #EnfieldLock #foodbanks #volunteering
    europesays.com/gbr/london/2406

  10. From SWOP LA:

    > We are looking for volunteers to join our Massage Worker Outreach team!

    > The goal of the program is to outreach to Asian migrant massage workers to assess their needs and mobilize support systems. We are meeting Mon at 6:30pm on Zoom.

    > Email [email protected] to join us!

    #SexWork #SWOPLA #LosAngeles #USA #Outreach #Volunteering

  11. 22 volunteers joined Pencoed Trailblazers yesterday to reopen 180m of an old right of way down toward the Dingle. Different ages, different backgrounds, all working together. Community pride and wellbeing topped up nicely.

    #PencoedTrailblazers #Pencoed #CommunitySpirit #Volunteering #WalesOutdoors #RightOfWay #AccessForAll #PathsAndAccess #LocalPride #GetOutside #ActiveTravel #CommunityAction #Cymru #Nature #Wales

  12. Fancy joining our team? We’re recruiting volunteers for #DunsPlayFest 2027!

    We’re looking to replace our retiring trustees and to extend our lively Operations Group. Even if you have had little contact with theatre, but would like to get involved, we'd love to hear from you. DunsPlayfest is dedicated to inclusivity - we want to share the magic with all! There will be a role for you in our team.

    Interested? DM me or email [email protected]
    #theatre #scottishBorders #volunteering

  13. #SacoME #EarthDay #Cleanup

    Come Celebrate Earth Day in Saco!

    April 24 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

    "Registration is NOW OPEN!

    Each year, the Saco Parks & Recreation Department offers an opportunity to bring the community together to clean up and prepare the local green spaces and parks for spring and summer! It is now more important than ever to focus on our green space, clean energy, eliminating waste, and becoming an eco-friendly community.

    "#ecomaine is proud to be part of this year’s celebration! Stop by our table at the #SacoCommunityCenter at the start of the day to pick up #recycling resources, meet our education team, and learn about the sustainable waste programs available to Saco residents. At the end of the cleanup, we’ll be weighing the trash collected from parks, trails, and open spaces across the city so volunteers can see the real impact their community made together.

    "Looking to get involved? Join your neighbors to volunteer in Saco and help clean up and prepare local parks for spring and summer. Duties include #TrashPickUp, #weeding, #mulching, raking, and more. This event is (light) rain or shine!


    Schedule of Events:

    When: Friday, April 24th, 2026
    Where: Our very own Saco parks, schools, trails, and open spaces!
    Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
    Please meet at the Saco Community Center at 9:00am to check-in. Everyone who registers by the T-shirt deadline will pick up their shirts.
    We will also have coffee and refreshments for everyone so that we can fuel up before we go!
    Volunteers will disperse to your locations after we take a group photo!
    Fee: FREE but must pre-register!
    Ages: Volunteers under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.


    Earth Day Location Options:

    Please only sign up for one location.

    Options this year include:

    Diamond Riverside Park: On Irving St. overlooking the Saco River.

    Pepperell Park: Located around the Saco Dog Park and Fairfield School on Beach St./School St. - nice and quiet (and shaded!).

    Front Street Park and River Walk Trail: On Front St. near the river and boat launch and includes the new walkway.

    Cascade Falls Trail: Located on Cascade Rd. off of Route 1.

    Haley Park: Located on King St. near the Saco Community Garden.

    Saco Community Center: 75 Franklin St.

    Saco Middle School: 40 Buxton Rd.

    Memorial Park at CK Burns School: 135 Middle Street

    Jubilee Park: Covered bridge park on Water Street.

    Rendezvous Point & Outlook Cemeteries

    If your preferred location has reached capacity, please register for another site. There are plenty of opportunities to help us prepare Saco's parks for the spring and summer!"

    To sign up:
    sacome.myrec.com/info/activiti

    #SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #EarthDay2026 #ParkCleanups #CommunitySpaces #CemeteryCleanups #BuildingCommunity #Volunteering

  14. There's No Better Way To Change The World,
    What Works For You Is Best For You.

    If you are good at volunteering do that
    Whether its protesting, do that
    Whether it's planning.
    Just working on self improvement and being a role model.

    Just make sure it doesn't use the systems that you are trying to fight.

    :xr: :fff: :antifa_100: :anarchopunk:

    #antiwork #Donatetimenotmoney #volunteering
    #humanity #simpleliving #fascism #inequality
    #solarpunk #liberalism #leftism

  15. #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Colwood #Saanich #Langford #Sooke #Metchosin - more people power needed!

    #BilstonCreekWatershed #nonprofit society needs help!

    They need more volunteers to join them at Firehall Creek on Friday, October 3 & Saturday, October 4 from 10 am - 2 pm. The work will be focusing on planting native plants as part of ongoing restoration efforts.

    Gloves, tools, and guidance will be provided & no experience is necessary. Everyone is welcome.

    Please RSVP using this form: forms.gle/DddZ2ZYY5Zmbtfz98

    This will help them plan for supplies & also allow them to reach out directly if plans change.

    Thank you as always for any support. Your time & energy helps strengthen habitat for fish & wildlife.

    #VolunteersNeeded #watershed #conservation #NatureRestoration #Volunteering #CommunityWork #SignUpToVolunteer #TakeAction #HelpingHands #WaterStewards #NativePlants #Environmental #ClimateAction

  16. Want To Live Without Money? 🏞️

    Accommodation + Food for volunteering in community = Free Living !

    Find such communities on this webpage :
    tradelessearth.wordpress.com/c

    *Information listed is based on website data,
    If you want to find more communities you can contact us for help.☮️

    #communityliving #antiwork #gifteconomy #selfsufficientcommunities #selfsufficiency #diylife #selfreliance #offgrid #ecovillages #ecovillage #antijob #antimoney #volunteering #communityvolunteering #simpleliving #slowliving #sustainableliving

  17. Transforming an Old Sugar Factory into a Nature Reserve - videos.trom.tf/w/9vLfZHu1ih9za…

    In June we've been in Slovenia in incredible place. The former Ormož sugar factory was closed and now it's wastewater basins and transformed into grasslands, wetlands and Nature reserve by NGO DOPPS. Now it's called - Ormož Basins Nature Reserve

    If you want to visit it : ptice.si/en/nature-conservati
    to know more about DOPPS : ptice.si/en/

    ======================================================
    Become a member of Be Brave To Act:
    patreon.com/BeBraveToAct

    Donate via paypal : paypal.com/donate?hosted_

    #nature #conservation #volunteering #bbta #bebrave

  18. Come on out & #volunteer for fun #signmaking at #WellandCommunityOrchard with me & others!
    There's 2 days for new signs making work to be done. I'll be there on both days 😊

    Monday, July 21st, 10am-12pm.
    Sunday, July 27th, 1pm-3pm.
    Join in as we start on a new project of creating some beautiful and engaging #signage in the orchard. Together we will be working on sanding, painting and varnishing wooden signs to label each fruit tree in the orchard! Artistic skills are welcome but not required.

    You can register for all volunteer shifts on the Gleaning Hub:
    gleaning.lifecyclesproject.ca/

    The Monday sign making #workparty is followed with an afternoon orchard work party - we need help with pruning fruit trees, weeding & general orchard care duties.

    #HelpersWanted #Volunteering #CommunityBuilding #CommunityWork #LifecyclesProject #Grassroots #nonprofit #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #stewardship #CommunityPark #CommunityOrchard #orchard #MakeSigns
    #Contribute #VolunteersWanted #LendAHand #NoExperienceNeeded #HelpingHands #VolunteersCall

  19. #WellandCommunityOrchard #workparty.
    We added more enriched soil to vegetable garden beds, pruned tomato plants, sowed more food/herbs plant seeds, added 2 new fig trees, weeded out lots of bindweed & harvested sour cherries. Some new #volunteers came out to help this weekend 😀🙌👩‍🌾👨‍🌾❤️

    #LifeCycles #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich #FoodSecurity #CommunityOrchard #CommunityWork #FreeFruits #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #CommunityPark #VictoriaBC #Volunteering #teamwork #DiverseTeam

  20. Hello, Tradeless Earth is a project promoting moneyless society.

    We don't accept funds, because it's anti-trade of course.

    But we need help:

    • First is finding people interested in more just,equal and sustainable world to join the conversation.

    • Helping us migrate our website to their own server.
    If someone has to spare.

    • Helping in research about the content we add on website.

    *Doesn't matter if you can spare only half hour per week. Everything counts!

    #Donate #Donatetimenotmoney #volunteer #volunteering #mutualaid #contribute
    #Freeeconomy #resourcebasedeconomy #rbe #ubi #gifteconomy #openaccesseconomy #freeworld #eattherich #tradelesssociety #moneylesssociety #selfsufficientcommunities #selfsufficiency #diylife #selfreliance #offgrid #ecovillages #ecovillage #anarchism #anarchocommunism #communism #intentionalcommunity
    #climatechange #intentionalcommunities
    #antiAuthoritarianism #antiauthoritarian #antiwork
    #humanity #simpleliving #sustainableliving
    #solarpunk

  21. Looking for service learning lessons? We've put together some of our best service activities and community service projects for Volunteer Week April 20-26 and Volunteer Month. Teach service learning with award-winning films like The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind and He Named Me Malala. This collection also includes six Environment and Climate Service Projects that are great for Earth Month!

    journeysinfilm.org/articles/ge

    #ServiceLearning #EarthMonth #Education #Edutooters #Volunteering #VolunteerMonth #VolunteerWork #Homeschooling @education @edutooters

  22. MadameFrigo Interlaken is looking for more volunteers. It's super simple, no hard obligations, and in 20mins you saved ~10kg of baked goods that would be thrown away.
    And you can take home as many croissants 🥐 as you want 😋

    #Volunteering #GoodCause #SaveFood #Activism #MadameFrigo #Interlaken

  23. MadameFrigo Interlaken is looking for more volunteers. It's super simple, no hard obligations, and in 20mins you saved ~10kg of baked goods that would be thrown away.
    And you can take home as many croissants 🥐 as you want 😋

    #Volunteering #GoodCause #SaveFood #Activism #MadameFrigo #Interlaken

  24. MadameFrigo Interlaken is looking for more volunteers. It's super simple, no hard obligations, and in 20mins you saved ~10kg of baked goods that would be thrown away.
    And you can take home as many croissants 🥐 as you want 😋

    #Volunteering #GoodCause #SaveFood #Activism #MadameFrigo #Interlaken

  25. MadameFrigo Interlaken is looking for more volunteers. It's super simple, no hard obligations, and in 20mins you saved ~10kg of baked goods that would be thrown away.
    And you can take home as many croissants 🥐 as you want 😋

    #Volunteering #GoodCause #SaveFood #Activism #MadameFrigo #Interlaken