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does giving Blood count?
After years of saying I would, finally got round to donating after pressure from a good mate of mine.
Simple to do really and only once every 3 months.
They are always short of donors worth giving a go.
everything counts.
southern yeti, you're right in one respect my wife chose to be a childrens nurse. me on the other hand found myself out of work and being big and ugly i can scare kids fairly easily. but then i found i love the job dearly. i have a strict policy at work of not giving to sponsored this that and the other but then i would never ask them to sponsor me. we have a charity every year that we give to, we change it every year and if they ask for more then we don't give to them again!
it's all so personal, society wouldn't work without people giving something for free but then i think if certain people do their job to the best of their ability then they contribute to society anyway.
big old can of worms really!
Suprised nobody has mentioned being a school governor. At this moment of time its a very important role in holding heads and local authorities to account as well as planning the future quality of schools. Have done it for over 15 years now. First as influence for my own children's education, then out of professional interest and now as a way of safegaurding education in a rural area when closure is a possibility. I like the concept of putting something back but this lot are trying to get something for nothing.
At the moment its taking me 20 plus hours a week as chairman (person!!!) and that isn't sustainable. I'm semi unemployed/retired so can give the time but how it could be done by somebody in full time work is beyond me. It's like an unpaid job. The government (past and present) have heaped responsibilities on governors (hiring and firing heads, deciding who to make redundant when budgets and pupil numbers fall) without any recognition.
Cameron's crew are trying to push groups to take responsibilities that are sometimes beyond them, and subject to inspections that will criticise them for not providing leadership!
That all sounds a bit grim reading it back, but I enjoy the work and do encourage sensiant beings (are there any on here!?!!) to get involved.
When I worked in Shitehall it was interesting how departments would always support anything if it was positive or successfull in a local area.
Wingnuts - do you mean sentient?
Can youngsters (31) be school governors if they've not got children??
RNLI sounds like an awesome thing to do... might struggle from my current location!
I was at a bit of a lul in my life, between jobs, so I thought I'd try giving back to society. I searched and searched for something suitable and eventually found an opening working on a rifenery in the middle east. Oh no, hang on a minute........
TSY - yes and yes. There are catagories of governors. Parent, teacher, community and those appointed by the LA or sponsor. If you have particular expertise (anything the Full Governing Body sees as relevant) they can even coopt you as an asscociate member. Talk to your school or governor services at the council. Age is irrelivent. Had ex sixth formers and one bloke in his 70s. Both were good sound people.