Tag: volunteering
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Making Community Spirit
Behind the scenes on my current community project Creating great projects is all about the preparation and behind the scenes work. As my Community Spirit project is coming to an end, I’m reflecting on all the work and unseen effort, creativity and chaos that goes on to make things like this look seamless. I started…
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The personal impact of volunteering
How volunteering at a foodbank changed my perspective on life Volunteering during the pandemic changed my life. Helping at the foodbank gave me purpose during the height of the pandemic. I have been so impressed by the care and community-mindedness of the formal and informal volunteers I have met over the last two years. I…
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Community Spirit of Leicestershire launch
My project celebrating the Stories of pandemic volunteering in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is going on tour I’ve been working on this project most of the year and even longer in the planning and development. It’s finally almost out in the world! Back in 2020 when volunteering to help run a local foodbank, I realised…
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Volunteering events
Take part in a community arts project in Leicestershire celebrating volunteers Volunteering during lockdown is one of the best things I have ever done. I felt like I was doing something positive and important and I got to meet people and feel connected. I have seen just how hard volunteers worked to keep our communities…
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Community Spirit Project Launch
Calling all covid-related volunteers! Have you volunteered to help others during the pandemic in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland? You’ve done amazing work over the last two years, supporting communities throughout the pandemic. I am collecting stories and making an artwork to celebrate the incredible work of local people during the pandemic. The stories will become…
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Foodbank stories in textile
Textiles and social justice work combine in a new body of work using data from a volunteer-run emergency foodbank in Leicester. A new piece of work: 1292 Foodbank Visits in 18 Weeks, Ruth Singer, 2020. Hand stitch on cotton. One thousand, two hundred and ninety two people supported by the emergency food bank my co-volunteers…
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Postcard from Ashridge Forest
A couple of weeks ago I spent a lovely weekend volunteering for the National Trust in the glorious Ashridge Forest, one of my favourite places in England. I spent most of my spare moments photographing and identifying wildflowers which were abundant and glorious. I found lots of new-to-me flowers including a White Helleborine orchid (which…
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