Wandsworth Volunteering Fair
I was at the Battersea Arts Centre on Lavender Hill last Friday, for a Volunteering, Training and Employment Fair. It was arranged by Lifetimes – previously the Wandsworth Voluntary Sector Development Agency, with whom we’re about to start an exciting co-production website.
The event was very well-attended, both in terms of voluntary organisations with stalls at the Fair, and the numbers of members of the public (and potential volunteers!) coming through the door.
There was a fascinating range of volunteering opportunities - including on-line mentoring of young people, helping people with learning disabilities safely use public transport, an LD theatre company, and many more. I captured a dozen or so of them on video, so I’ll leave them to tell you about their work…